Are working moms stretched too thin?
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| Tue, 06-13-2006 - 2:45pm |
Do you think a mom who works full-time and has kids is stretched too thin?
I was working full-time up till November of 2005. Then I decided that it was all too much. I was exhausted and found that when I did get to spend time with my little guy (he is now 2 1/2) I was very impatient with him because I was soo tired. Also the stress of work often overflowed into my personal life (both with ds and dh).
Now that I have been home for over 6 months, I am finally starting to be more patient and am enjoying my son instead of rushing him along. If he want to take 20 minutes to get into the car - ok, no problem.
So - do you think that trying to juggle work, kids, marriage and all the stresses that come with those things is too much? (I did)
Maybe when my son is older - then I will go back to work and it might be easier because he will be more self-sufficient? Who knows? All I know is that for now, I am enjoying being a SAHM and am glad for the time I get to devote to my son and the lower stress levels (that I believe were very unhealthy for me).
josee

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You're welcome. I have no problem apologizing when in the wrong.
Kathleen
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Well, my kids don't like to miss anything fun. If they don't leave a playdate when it's time to go, the next time they get invited on a playdate they don't get to go. I've been using this method all along, and it works for us. Sometimes we'll have to do it again, but I had to give the same consequence repeatedly for 6 months, I would try something else, because clearly the consequence I set wasn't working.
We're just going to have to agree to disagree about whether it's "beyond cruel" for a child who didn't get to go somewhere because he misbehaved to hear later that those who went had a good time. I don't consider that bragging, and I wouldn't be comfortable keeping quiet about it so as not to hurt the feelings of the child who didn't get to go because he misbehaved.
Well you're not kidding there. Just thinking about that would frazzle me! LOL! Even if each of my kids had one activity going right now, I wouldn't have that much driving. I would definatly agree that them being younger was WAY EASIER!! Like I said, my son could walk to practice, and his games were about 5 minutes away by car. Hey, we had to bring our folding chairs, water bottles, a blanket......
Kathleen
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