I've been a stay-at-home mom the last 10 years and have felt okay about it. It's as Little Lulu says. I think it just has to do with how you feel about yourself. I try not to worry about what other people think of me. What's important is how I feel about myself. I try to follow my instinct, and right now I am wanting a part-time job when my son goes back to school simply to get me out of the house and around people for a bit, plus we could use the extra money. But that is a decision I feel within myself, not based on what anyone else has said to me or what I think others may think of me for not working. Stay-at-home moms kind of get looked down on. They're not the superwoman mom who works all day then tends to the kids, makes dinner, cleans house when she's home. It seems that is the woman that gets respected over the one who chooses to be home to tend to the domestic things and children only. Stay-at-home moms only get room and board for their pay, too.