Comments on: Domestic economies and women’s work. Child-rearing theories https://anitamathias.com/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:20:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16259 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:59:47 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16259 That's great, Jen. I hope my kids develop an entrepreneurial streak. Do you know the book, “Rich Dad, Poor Dad?” I more or less agree with his philosophy–that smart work is creating assets, rather than have one's work, time and income dependent on an employer's whims, and office politics.

]]> By: Jennifer in OR https://anitamathias.com/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16258 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:57:14 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16258 Hmmm, it could have been! We do make the bulk of our money from Sept. – Dec. due to holiday sales, and the kids are increasingly helping with the business as they get older. They are all becoming young entrepreneurs…

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16257 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:23:38 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16257 Very interesting. I read some years ago about a home-schooling family that sold sports kit, and sold enough in Sept. to cover the year's bills, and pulled their kids out of home-school in Sept. to help pack/or because they were so busy. Was it you? I guess I remembered it because we too make the bulk of the year's income in Sept., Nov., Dec. and Jan, tied to Christmas and the university year!

]]> By: Jennifer in OR https://anitamathias.com/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16256 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:53:26 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16256 Anita, my online store is http://www.teammascot.com. We sell sports merchandise–nothing glamorous like books! My husband and I are not sports fanatics but many Americans are, and love to buy products with their favorite team's logo on it.

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16255 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:55:14 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16255 Hi Penny, I got into the endless buying and shopping a bit when I lived in the US. Houses here are relatively smaller–and I hardly ever shop anymore. Stuff certainly doesn't make me happy; just increases housework after the initial kick of something new and pretty.
I'd like to see those studies. I liked the book called “Bowling Alone,” on the same themes.

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16254 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:52:37 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16254 Hi Jen,
Yes, we still have our business. It supports our family and is quite large now. It's called Benediction Classics, and lots of our books sell on Amazon.com, but through Amazon.com itself, or third party distributors.
What's your online store?

]]> By: Penelopepiscopal https://anitamathias.com/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16253 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:37:24 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16253 Good post, Anita. (I was going to say it's a viburnum, too, but I see you got your answer already.) Interestingly, I have seen several studies, including a fairly recent one from Harvard, suggesting that happiness is tied to giving money away, including entertaining friends and family with meals or travel with friends and family, more so than buying things. On the other hand, buying things like chippers for family activity and nesting seems much more happy-friendly than buying a new TV.
And like the rest of you, I find “Christian lit for women” to be stultifying drivel.

]]> By: Jennifer in OR https://anitamathias.com/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16252 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:52:48 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16252 Red, have you read the Pioneer Woman's blog?

http://thepioneerwoman.com/

Fun stuff, I think you'd relate!

Anita, I just loved this post. I'm such a failure at the domestic goddess business, but do try, often in fits and starts. Like you, I'm all about leveraging what the Lord's given you, and if I have certain talents, abilities, or degrees that get me further than frugality, by all means, I'll pursue. Do you still have your publishing business?

I have a friend who spends several hours a day clipping coupons and planning her shopping and meals, and she thrives on this and it brings her pleasure while saving lots of money. Me? It would make me crazy, I would despise those hours. So I spend my hours differently, still making money, and her endeavor in frugality is not more holy than my endeavor in running my online store or teaching.

Thanks for the thoughts!
~blessings, Jen

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16251 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:50:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16251 Ah, I tried hard to be a “good Christian wife and mother” as the Christian culture defined it for many years. Never managed, always felt a bit guilty and a bit of a failure as the perfect wife and mother.
God is more merciful and tolerant of variations than the Christian culture, and I am a whole lot happier now, though my Christian parenting is haphazard, and my stabs at Christian homemaking worse!!

]]> By: Nancy Wallace https://anitamathias.com/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16250 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:43:20 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/04/05/domestic-economies-and-womens-work-child-rearing-theories/#comment-16250 I gave up reading books aimed at Christian women a long time ago. I simply couldn't relate to them. They mostly seemed to want to put me in a place in which, as a Christian woman, I simply could not fit.

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