I'm An Under-Appreciated Stay-At-Home-Mom, Should I Go Back To Work?

I've been a stay-at-home mom for nearly 5 years, and like most couples, money is an issue that causes stress in our marriage. We have four kids, ages ten, seven, four, and two. When the first two were young, neither one of us made enough money for one of us to be able to stay home with them. It tore my heart out to leave them at preschool everyday.

When we only had two kids, and the youngest was three, my husband got a job that made enough money for me to be able to quit my job and stay home with the kids full-time. We had always said that we wanted to be the ones raising our kids not a stranger, they are young for such a short period of time.

Since then, the number of kids in our family has increased to four (it's never dull in our house!) I'm still a stay-at-home mom, two of the kids are in elementary school, and two are at home with me.

I've come to a point where I'm feeling that my role in the family is completely under-appreciated. Of course kids don't care that the house is clean, that they have clean clothes to wear, that they get to sports, dance, and their other classes on time, I don't expect them to thank me. As a stay-at-home-mom, it's my job to make sure those things happen. Unfortunately, I don't think my husband thinks my contribution to our family is a big deal. HE makes the money, without HIM I wouldn't be able to be a stay-at-home mom.

I'm just wondering at what point to I decide to go back to work. Will I be appreciated then? Maybe but maybe not.

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