I'm currently a housewife and I stay home with my 3 children.
That;s a big job, managing a home, caring for kids, cooking, cleaning
It is definitely a full time job for sure.
Are you also a stay at home mother with children? Often called SAHM?
Yes I definitely consider myself a stay at home mom.
The dictionary defines you as a married woman who is incharge of maintaining and running her household
That pretty much describes my life exactly.
mother or mom and a househusband may be called a "male homemaker" or stay-at-home father.
"Webster's Dictionary" defines a housewife as a married woman who is in charge of her household. The British "Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary" (1901) defines a housewife as "the mistress of a household; a female domestic manager; a pocket sewing kit". (A small sewing kit is sometimes called a "housewife" or hussif.)
Throughout history, women have usually
Housewife
A housewife (also known as a homekeeper) is a woman whose work is running or managing her family's home—caring for her children; buying, cooking, and storing food for the family; buying goods that the family needs for everyday life; housekeeping, cleaning and maintaining the home; and making, buying and/or mending clothes for the family—and who is not employed outside the home (a "career woman"). A housewife who has children may be called a stay-at-home