I think that was exactly Bath's pet hate - very sick kids at school! I think I will hate that as well. Seriously contemplating homeschooling except for the fact that I'm studying to be working one day...can't homeschool if I'm at work! One day, maybe not Oscar, but maybe another kid of mine will be homeschooled...
I don't think it sounded like Bath hates being a SAHM mum at all. To me, it read like the downsides of being a SAHM were really getting to her. Just as the downsides of being a working mum get to working mums, but they are allowed to vent about that. Women get shot down by other women for daring to suggest that mothering children from home is anything less than totally fulfilling on a personal development level.
The thing is, even if Bath or anyone else DID hate being a SAHM...what of it? It still wouldn't constitute an insult of SAHM's, just an honest assessment of an individual situation.
So, what I'm trying to say is that what is bliss for one person doesn't have to be bliss for someone else, because there are so many individual factors in our lives that, surprise, surprise, make us individuals!
So, come on, let's keep up our Junie tradition of giving everyone the benefit of the doubt and not assuming that a comment is a personal attack, unless someone actually does vilify someone or a group of people in particular
Gotta cook...