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Wanting to Work
Do Stay-at-Home Moms Miss the Rat Race?
By Megan L. Fowler
Now with a 1-year-old and a 5-year-old, Camelo finds herself with mixed emotions like many other moms who ended or didn't get the chance to start their careers. "I feel inadequate and useless because all I do is be at home with my kids," she says. "I don't have a life or any friends. I get frustrated, depressed and sometimes cry. My husband gets to have friends and a life [outside of the house], and sometimes it doesn't feel fair. I've worked small jobs here and there and gotten some experience. And I have this desire to go back to school and get my master's degree, but I can't because the cost of daycare. And with the money my husband earns, it isn't economical."
Camelo's husband, Wilson, appreciates her position. "We feel fortunate that Miralys can stay at home, but I also think going back to work will help out immensely," he says. "Not only from a financial perspective, but I think she misses the interaction with adults, feeling like she's contributing in other ways and forging friendships with other people."
While Camelo is happy her husband has a wonderful career and is thankful she can raise her children herself, she's looking forward to the day her eldest goes to kindergarten. "Play groups are a good place to make friends, but they can become expensive, and moms in my situation are always in such a rush to pick up their kids and go," she says. "But once kindergarten starts I can go to groups with my younger child that I couldn't attend with both my kids, and hopefully I can meet some people there." Her plan is to begin school again sometime this year.
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