Watching TV all day can make anyone depressed! Try spending more time actually teaching your children, taking them to exciting places like the park, duck pond, museums, whatever. You may learn something yourself!!Children can be very stimulating but raising them the RIGHT way is A LOT OF WORK!! It is also a lot of fun--if you include intelectual stimulation for them AND yourself.

Where has that pioneer blood disappeared to?

I'm not the kind of woman who naturally loves children, and it took me a good three or four years before I felt happy to be at home with my children. I've loved it ever since, but it can be a really hard transition for some women. I wouldn't be surprised if many women gave up after the first couple rough years, which could skew the statistics. How long have the women been stay-at-home moms? How many children do they have? (Most women I know are more depressed with just one baby because it's so lonely.) There are a lot of factors that can affect this.