My mother and father have always worked. My mother worked in banks, or odd end jobs to make ends meet. But, she was always home in the morning to see us off, and home when we got home from school. That changed as we got a little older though. I don’t think my mother ever wanted to be a stay at home mom, she would love to be working part time now, but can’t. I personally have always wanted to be a stay at home mother, for minimum the first year of my children’s lives. I was able to stay at home for the first 15 months of my sons life. I now go to school and work part time. The goal is to have my education and work(my career) while the children are in school, once they are that age. For now, I just work to pay the groceries.