The next generation

 

People who work for money sometimes seem to think that the people who don't are not working, but that is far from the truth.

There may be people who simply lie about and travel and eat and do nothing, but most of the people I know and knew, who stay at home, are doing the jobs that working people cannot do when they are away from home or working all day.

They are caring for the next generation of people, giving them values and experiences, taught by example, that take an infinite amount of time and patience. They are spending hours reading to their children, doing puzzles, teaching them how to control their tempers and let their souls soar. It is a full time job. 

They are volunteering in the classrooms and school libraries to help teachers who are already overloaded.

They are cleaning their own homes, doing their own gardening, taxiing their, and other people's children, to sports events, music lessons, art lessons, doctor appointments, dentist appointments and preparing healthy nutritious meals for their families. 

They do not have babysitters, nannies, or sometimes anyone else to help them when they are exhausted. 

Stay at home parents work hard!

Working away from home is hard too, but there are trade offs. It may not be possible to stay at home and raise a child and some people do not have either the patience or skills to do it, but never make the mistake of thinking they are just stay at home parents.

These are the people creating the next generation, the people who will run the world when we grow old.