Stay-at-home moms staying home even more

Stay-at-home moms staying home even more

This MSNBC story discusses the issue of rising gas prices keeping moms with kids from venturing out. An interesting aside is the notion of opting-out of the workforce (as opposed to opting-in to parenting).

Singer, of MommaSaid.net, is annoyed by the assumption she feels some economists make that stay-at-home mothers want to work outside the home, but can’t. “I know tons and tons of mothers who choose to stay home whatever the economic difficulties,” she says, counting herself among them. “We are NOT staying home with our children by default.” Read more…