It's kinda half joke, half serious. I give much props to those moms who do manage a career and raising kids the right way, especially those single moms who have no choice. But lets face it, kids today don't have the same upbringing as some of you who grew up in the 50's and 60's and had stay at home moms who were always there when they were needed, had the time to devote to their kids, and were there to discipline and keep their kids out of trouble and tell the kids "just wait til your father gets home". I tend to ride the fence a lot and this is one of those issues I saddle up for. I think if women want the opportunity to have a career, there shouldn't be restrictions or glass ceilings, however, I do feel that kids need their moms or a dad at home raising them, not society. Kids don't get the discipline they need at home and then they are sent off to school or daycare where the teachers have to deal with them and teachers are at their whits end cause there's nothing they can do about these kids. It's not that long ago I was in high school where teachers told us these things and I'm sure it's gotten a lot worse since then. I'm not critizing the school systems or daycares, they do the best they can to provide an education for their students, but now that the schools are no longer allowed to give swats when necessary without facing a lawsuite, the kids think they can get away with anything. And if they get suspended from school, they don't care cause that just gives them the opportunity to stay home and get in trouble because there isn't a parent there to monitor them.

I really mean no offense to anyone, just giving my 2 cents. I hope I'm fortunate enough to be a stay at home mom cause I would love nothing more than to raise my kids the way I want them raised.

I look at it like this, I rescue a puppy and it gets adopted into a new home. A year or two later this new home calls and says they have to return the dog for whatever reason. Now I have an adult dog with no training, no discipline, no manners, and it's terribly shy and unsocialized. This being the result of someone else raising it. I know it's kind of a weired comparison, but since I don't have kids, it's the closest comparison I could think of.