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| Tue, 07-31-2007 - 10:20am |
Why does the media portray working moms, always, as having guilt?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/family/07/30/hm.mommy.guilt/index.html
| Tue, 07-31-2007 - 10:20am |
Why does the media portray working moms, always, as having guilt?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/family/07/30/hm.mommy.guilt/index.html
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That's fair...at least your children had their dad to take care of them...I agree with that!..."
Oh well thank GOD. I'm so relived. "At least" for the dad? Do you think dad's are second class citizens to moms when it comes to spending time with children?
"if it came down to it in this day and age,having a childs parent is better then having family or strangers taking care of him,her or them."
Oh please. My children love spending time with my mother. She's family. I havent left them with any other family members, nor would I. But that's just *our* family. If my other siter and brothers in law lived in the same continent I would. they are wonderful parents and my kids would have a ball.
And who leaves their children with strangers?
Many of my friends are SAHM's and my husband is a SAHD.
They have to get the kids to school at a certain time, and pick them up. They take the kids to their various activities during the week, and Drs appts. They do grocery shopping.
But people who work have to do some or all of these things (usually -- at least I do, and everyone I know who works does) and stil has work obligations.
One of the top reasons most SAHP's give for staying at home is more flexibilty to spend time with the kids. Ya lose alott of that when you work. The flexibility that is.
My typical work day involves getting the kids breakfast then getting out the door and on con calls by 8 a.m. I'm then often scheduled so tightly I find it hard to find time to go to the ladies room let alone anything else. I'm pregnant now and cutting back on some of the more grueling days. But pre pregnancy I'd often be booked *solid* from 8-8 p.m. or at least 8 to 6.30 p.m. (hence the reason I almost never posted during the week day up till a month or so ago....now that I'm cutting back a bit).
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