My mom once told me that she gave up her career to be a stay-home mom so that she could provide more care to me and my brother.
I am sure there are a lot of moms in the similar position out there. Because of maternal love, they gave up infinite opportunities, the sense of career achievement, or even their dreams, to stay home and take care of their children.
However, in nowadays society, moms have lots of opportunities to develop her own career and new social networks at home. Instead of gossiping about neighbors or bitching about husbands and kids during daily afternoon-tea gathering with other moms, women can now spend their spare time on writing blogs, facebooking, youtubing, and tweeting.
Amy, @Amalah, a mom who has 56,000 plus followers, writes about her life and kids, and gives child-care advises, all in a humorous way.
Another mom named Amy, @SelfishMom, is ranked the “Funniest” out of the “Top 50 Twitter Moms”. She is a work-at-home mom, who writes articles for several women’s advisory websites. In her profile she wrote “I spend the rest of my time avoiding housework and not paying attention to my children raising independent, self-sufficient children. I have no interest in spending all day on the playground (playgrounds are for kids!), and I don’t believe that my children should be the center of my life, even though they’re the most important thing in it. (Yes, I realize that makes no sense, but it couldn’t be more true.) We’re all in this together, but I was here first.”
Sherry, or @citychiconafarm is a business mom who sells farm produce virtually. She uses twitter to promote her products, and with its help, she can now spend more time at home. She says that Twitter has helped her to “Meet new and interesting people. I love seeing other people opinions as compared to mine. It gives me another way to look at things, as well as helps me understand others.”