{"id":5955,"date":"2015-10-07T21:10:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T04:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5955"},"modified":"2015-10-07T21:10:55","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T04:10:55","slug":"kids-in-school-but-stapleton-mom-plans-to-continue-to-be-a-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5955","title":{"rendered":"Kids in School, But Stapleton Mom Plans to Continue to be a Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"stay<\/a>Stapleton mom Angie Clark has been a stay at home mom<\/a> for the last seven years. She has taken care of the kids day in and day out as well as being the household manager, including things such as getting groceries, doing laundry, keeping the house clean, and keeping the family schedule. Not to mention, she has stayed smoking hot<\/a>. \u201cI have really enjoyed being there for the kids, and we are lucky enough we can have one of us stay home to be there for them,\u201d said Clark. \u201cTruthfully, I really didn\u2019t enjoy working my white collar job before we had kids, and taking care of my family has been significantly more rewarding than doing TPS reports.\u201d\n\nClark has often had to deal with the awkwardness of people asking what she does. \u201cIt has always been somewhat uncomfortable at gatherings when people ask what I do,\u201d said Clark. \u201cAlthough I am not uncomfortable, people always feel as if I am not satisfied with that so end up saying things like, \u2018oh, that\u2019s really great\u2019 or \u2018good for you.\u2019 It has never bothered me, but for some reason, I feel like people think I feel bad that I stay at home, and therefore, have to try to make me feel better about it.\u201d Clark has immensely enjoyed staying home with the kids, but admits there are always struggles. \u201cIt is a round the clock job,\u201d says Clark. \u201cYou can\u2019t call in sick, or ask other employees to help you out. Plus, we don\u2019t have family in town. We have had some child care, nanny help, and pre-school in that time, but usually, that is just so I can go workout or run more errands. It\u2019s gratifying, but can of course be very stressful.\u201d\nAfter seven years of having a child home for most of the day, both of Clark\u2019s children are now in school. \u201cWe have a second grader, and now a kindergartner at Westerly Creek<\/a>,\u201d said Clark. \u201cThey are doing great, and I couldn\u2019t be happier.\u201d With both kids in school, Clark is facing a new set of questions from peers. \u201cNow, with both my kids in school, people assume I am itching to get back to work. Like, suddenly, now that the kids are in school, my duties as a mom are over.\u201d Shockingly, Clark says there is still laundry, packing lunches, taking kids to school and activities, making sure they get their schoolwork done, as well as new obligations such as helping in the classroom and working with the PTA. \u201cI don\u2019t feel like I am any less busy,\u201d said Clark. \u201cSure, the house is a little quieter, but there is just as much stuff to do, and even more things to stress about. Birthday parties, play dates, kids getting sick, etc.\u201d Clark says she is currently not looking to get back into the white collar world. \u201cWhy would I do that?\u201d asked Clark. \u201cI have responsibilities I think are more important, and I have no interest in it. If I needed to go back, sure I would do it, but why in the world would anyone choose to do that if they didn\u2019t have to? You\u2019d really have to be sick.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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