For me being a stay at home mom was not a choice I've always been stable job and money wise. I remember a time I had too many job options (prior to parenthood) & came to a point I had to turn potential employers down since I was working 24/7 already and satisfied. In march I was promised a job at a hospital through my school and quit my current job (paid penny's but was a job). The promised interview never came through & my position at my other job was already filled. Since then I've been on the merry 'go' round of endless applications and counted I sent 270 resumes out last month, landed one botched interview and continue to search. While I love my son Ive always had some way of working to support my household and rejection after rejection has made me very depressed as well as my self esteem has been slapped around I found this link and thought I'd share it, I found it interesting and would love to know what you think. for some of us being a stay at home parent isn't a choice.

http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/03/10/stay-home-mom