Guilt

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Guilt
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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


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iVillage Member
Registered: 07-26-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 8:39am
Amen.
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-27-2005
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 9:06am
I consider anytime, with or without my family time to do as I please as long as I don't have to be someplace at a certain time.
Like I said before, I would rather run my kids all over town everyday than sit in a cubicle working and getting reemed for making a dumb mistake.
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Registered: 01-10-2007
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 12:55pm

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How do you know it is her choice? Many days I eat at my desk NOT out of choice, but out of having to be there to meet a deadline.

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Registered: 08-29-2002
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 1:06pm

"You are a WOHM. During your workday you have 1 hour to use for do as you please me time."

Is an hour of lunch time included in the 8 hour work day in the US? Swedish workers are required to take 50 minutes off for lunch, but that time does not count as part of the workday. Because of this, a full-time 40 hour week actually means 45 hours at the workplace. The same is true for most German companies.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 1:10pm
When you are a sahm you do have control over your schedule.

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Registered: 07-26-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 5:10pm
Who said I didnt have control over my schedule?
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-21-2001
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 5:36pm

"You eat at your desk through lunch that is YOUR choice."


That's not always a choice.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-21-2001
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 5:38pm

Same here in the US.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-08-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 6:21pm

as their mother, how could I NOT contribute "more" than just a paycheck???? How in the world is THAT even possible???

Carole

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Registered: 07-26-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-04-2007 - 6:46pm
The only incorrect assumption here is yours. I dont think anything about any working parent. I was speaking directly to the poster no one else.

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