The Patrick Madrid Show: May 31, 2024 - Hour 3
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Patrick dives deep into the world of stay-at-home parenting. From battling alcoholism to breaking cycles of neglect, his guests share raw and powerful stories. He hears from fathers like Francisco, embracing full-time caregiving, and moms balancing careers with family life. Their experiences highlight the complexities and rewards of these roles, emphasizing love, patience, and support.
- Jaqueline (email) – I was left alone and neglected when both my parents choose their careers over me (00:31)
- Jodi - My mom was a stay at home mom. When I was 8-years-old she went back to school. I was very traumatized by this. It was difficult for me. (06:28)
- Francisco - My wife went to work and I had to be at home. I think that it was God's way of telling me to take care of my kids. (19:03)
- Sue - I am a working mom and I have a lot of regrets. The homemaking will always fall on us. So I think we are just making things harder for us by not staying home. (22:41)
- Linda - I think being a stay at home mom is wonderful and I think all women should get to experience it
- Anthony - I am a stay at home dad and the reversing of roles is hard. It was difficult for me to get used to, but after a while I started to see the blessings in it
- Dolores - I think it's important for siblings to have shared time together as they are growing up.
- Mary - I had to work because my husband had been in a religious order, so he didn't have income. We both had to work and raise the kids together. (40:27)
- Diane - My mom stayed at home with us and worked nights. I got a Masters and I decided to stay at home with my kids instead of using it.
- Suzie - We had to coordinate things and we were able to equally share the load.
- Liz - My parents’ marriage has been a model for us and I wanted to state the importance of being a team player with your spouse
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are going to have the most excellent adventure. |
| 0:09.0 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.8 | It's the Patrick Madrid Show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:22.5 | While we're having a time here on the Patrick Madrid Show. |
| 0:25.2 | Thanks to you, by the way, for all your great phone calls and emails. |
| 0:28.2 | Emails are just rolling in, which is great. |
| 0:31.2 | We're talking a lot about staying at home or having a career if you're a wife and a mother. |
| 0:39.6 | A lot of different perspectives on this issue. |
| 0:41.7 | And I think that Harrison Butker in his speech at Benedict in college, |
| 0:46.2 | he raised this back into public awareness. |
| 0:50.9 | And in particular, kind of focusing specifically on in his commencement address the words he had to say |
| 0:57.9 | about staying at home as a wife and mother having children and so on it certainly has provoked |
| 1:03.7 | or re-provoked maybe a national conversation on this issue and as you might imagine people have |
| 1:09.2 | various views on it some people loathe what he had to say on that topic. Some people love it. Some people are living it. And some people |
| 1:17.3 | didn't have the chance for it to be a happy situation for them. So we're taking on all comers on the |
| 1:24.1 | topic today. 888-914-9149. This is from Jacqueline. She says, my mom worked |
| 1:32.6 | nights and my dad worked days. There was about an hour starting when I was three, when I was |
| 1:37.5 | left alone in the morning, between when my dad left and my mom would get home. And my older siblings |
| 1:43.3 | went off to school. I feel such a neglect and an |
| 1:47.2 | abandonment from that. My mom was big into her career my whole life. She still puts that first. |
| 1:52.9 | I always vowed to never do that to my children, but I became a single mother in a time of my life |
| 1:58.3 | where I was not living right. I've been able to find a way to work from home, |
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