“I’m confused about how filling up on materialism as a child would help someone gain strength to face challenges”
I wanted to respond to two Inbox letters — then I realized they’re actually related.
I’m the SAHM who wrote the letter saying that if we want more women to become stay-at-home moms, there needs to be more support for us. Someone responded that I was trying to create an “us versus them” feeling with working moms. I want to clarify: that was far from the point of my letter. You sound very overworked; I feel you deserve more help than you’re getting and hope that you find the support you need to make things work for you.
I wrote that letter after several letters that bemoaned the fact that more women don’t choose to stay home with their babies despite the obvious benefits to a child’s development. I wanted to point out that if this is something that the frum community values, then more support is needed for SAHMs to make this a viable option. I know women who probably would stay home, but they choose to work for the intellectual stimulation and social interaction. Like I mentioned, I needed to spend hundreds of dollars to get the intellectual stimulation I needed, which not everyone can afford.
If people think more women should be SAHMs, we need to make it easier to get that social and intellectual stimulation.
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