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Title: Staying Home: From Full-Time Professional to Full-Time Parent by Darcie Sanders, Martha M. Bullen ISBN: 0-9670359-0-2 Publisher: Spencer & Waters Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.42 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: It's good to know you are not alone ...
Comment: After weighing the options,I decided become a full-time mother to my 18-month old daughter. I received much encouragement from career-minded women that I was doing something that I would not regret ... and I do believe that. However, very few people talk of the difficulties in adjusting to at-home life after being successful in the competitive business world. Are you wasting your education? Becoming too dependent on someone else? Depriving your child of certain things due to a decrease in household income? Putting too much stress on your partner being the sole bread winner? Too many questions that I thought I was the only one grappling with. I'm not much on self-help books, but this book made me realize my concerns are being felt by most other women making this transition. I read this book after leaving my job, but I highly recommend it for anyone even thinking about the possibility of at-home motherhood. I know I made the right decision. This book simply affirms it!
Rating: 5
Summary: A terrific book for mothers
Comment: Staying Home is an excellent guide for any mother grappling with this decision and transition whether it's immediately after delivery or years later. Throughout the book, the authors have included sidebars with charts or lists that provide additional information, quotes from other moms, and questions to help you explore your feelings.
Recognizing how difficult it can be to make the transition from a full time professional to full-time mother at home, the authors discuss ground rules for life as an at-home mother followed by how to apply them in your every day life. This book includes a chapter called Putting Your Marriage on a New Footing which is so important since the transition from full time employee to full time at-home mother affects the entire family. Strategies for delegating household chores, dealing with feelings of dependency, managing on a reduced income, and changing financial expectations are also discussed. Staying Home concludes with networking ideas, extensive support group lists, work options and the survey used to write the book.
Rating: 1
Summary: Beware of hidden agendas....
Comment: I was so disappointed with this book, and am surprised at the number of fabulous reviews it received. Every page demanded that I revel in my "feminist roots." For any would-be stay at home moms interested in supporting their husbands by keeping house, fixing dinner, and doing laundry in addition to taking care of the kids--this is not the book for you. It encourages you to not "give in" to the stereotypes and does not acknowledge that there may in fact be jobs just for dads and jobs just for moms. I know this is not a popular view, maybe I'm the only one around who thinks this. Your husband, however, may not be overjoyed if you take this book to heart!!! Also, for any mothers seeking a more spiritual path to staying at home, this book advocated TOTAL CONTROL by you in your decisions--really letting your own self-interests direct your routine instead of those around you or giving up those self-interests in pursuit of a higher calling. Even though I consider myself to be a feminist in many ways, this book was TOO MUCH.
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Title: Stay-at-Home-Parent's Survival Guide : Real-Life Advice from Moms, Dads, and Other Experts A to Z by Christina Baglivi Tinglof ISBN: 0809226766 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: What's a Smart Woman Like You Doing at Home? by Linda Burton, Janet Dittmer, Cheri Loveless ISBN: 0963118811 Publisher: Mothers At Home Pub. Date: 01 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: So You Want to Be a Stay-At-Home Mom by Cheryl Gochnauer ISBN: 0830819223 Publisher: InterVarsity Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: You Can Afford to Stay Home With Your Kids: A Step-By-Step Guide for Converting Your Family from Two Incomes to One (You Can Afford to Stay Home With Your Kids) by Malia McCawley Wyckoff, Mary Snyder ISBN: 1564144089 Publisher: Career Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Becoming a Chief Home Officer by Allie Pleiter ISBN: 0310237424 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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