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Staying at home with kids is not something only for the top 1%, as 3 in 4 stay-at-home parents live in households where family income is below $100,000. Over 18 years, the average parent spends 15,000 hours on childcare, 8,000 hours cooking, 11,000 hours cleaning and a terrifying 6,000 hours on laundry.
I think it matters, whether she is a careerist, in her mind.
While traditional gender roles are normal, healthy, and commendable, she will usually be as depicted, in the insensitive comics. A dutiful mother is worthy of praise, but she is usually a martyr.