Mothers should stay at home with their children One day a mother and her three and a half year old daughter were approaching a kindergarten nest. The girl turned to her mother and asked her this question: "Mom, is it against the law for you to stay at home?" There was another little girl who never spoke whenever her mother took her to the babysitter's house. The mother consulted child psychologist Eleanor Wiesberger. He asked her why she thought the girl wouldn't talk during his stay. Wiesberger asked the little girl for explanations and the little girl said: "Tell mommy to stay home" (2). Stories like these are often told by children whose mothers work outside the home. Mothers have a very big responsibility. They have many important decisions to make. Some decisions are harder and more important than others. For example, one of the most important decisions a mother must make is whether to stay home with her children or return to work. In this article I will provide reasons why a mother should consider staying home with her children during the early years of childhood. In the book Woman at Home, author Arlene Cardozo recounts a feminist theory that says, “Children are no reason to stay.” The man is also a parent and doesn't stay home with the kids, why should his wife?"(4). This may be a valid statement, but is it the right kind of attitude to have? The First Presidency and the Council of Twelve Apostles of the Mormon Church issued a statement called "A Proclamation to the World." One of the points they make concerns fathers and mothers and each of their roles. It reads, "By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families. love and in righteousness... al center of the card…moments are the moments that will make everything you gave up, like high paying work, seem minimal compared to everything you gained. (12) Works Cited Ainsworth, Mary D. Salter and Silvia M. Bell Attachment, Exploration and Separation Chicago, University of Chicago Press 1970. pg. 67Benson, Ezra Taft. “To the Fathers in Israel,” Ensign November 1987: 49Bowlby, John. Psychiatric implications in bereavement Chicago, Charles C. Thomas 1974. pag. 1: page 10Sullivan, Nancy and Catherine Whitney. Loving Each One Best New York, Bantam Books 1996 chap. 10: pages. 1-9Survey among online readers of "Nurturing Magazine"..