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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Registered: 07-26-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 7:58am
For us the bus isnt an option. I have detailed out in another post why I dont like the bus. I will also add that it takes more of my time for my children to get on and off the bus than it does to take them every morning.
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Registered: 08-29-2002
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 7:59am

As I said to mom4girls, that makes some sense to me. But that's a specific situation, not a general statement that Liza would never ride the bus, right? I guess I'm still having a hard time with the idea that kids are drive to and from school by parents until adulthood. It just isn't the way I grew up :-).

7:35 seems ridiculously early! I thought 8:00am was too early. As the kids get older, school starts later :-).

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Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 8:01am

The catholic schools start about an hour earlier than the public schools -dismissal used to be at 1;45 but it will be 2:10 this year. I honestly don't mind b/c It gets me to work on time even when I have an 8am board meeting! LOL

I don't think I'd say liza would NEVER ride the bus -- if it ever happens to work for us I'd be open to it --and she'd probably love it!

 

Yes. We. Did.

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Registered: 12-07-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 8:18am
DH and I are planning to buy a house in a neighborhood where it
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Registered: 11-22-2000
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 8:27am
That's what I understood PNJ's post to mean. At least, that's what I was thinking of when I agreed that it happens to me, too.

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Registered: 05-14-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 8:27am

I have a blue collar job and I get a lunch "hour" about a half dozen days a year. Most days my lunch break is 15-20 minutes. My busiest time of the day is from 9:00 to 2:30, I cannot take an entire hour off and get done what needs to be done on time. But on the plus side I do get paid for my lunch break (unless I physically leave the building) but that is because I often spend part of the time working.

It was very simiiar in my previous job. In theory I was supposed ot have a 10 minute break in the morning and a 20 minute break for lunch but in reality it was about a 5 minute break (or no break at all) in the morning and a 10 minute lunch break. Again because I could not take a longer break and get everything done that needed to be.

The job previous to that I also had a 20-25 minute lunch break.

The only job that I had where I actully had a lunch hour was when I was in the Air Force in the early 80's.

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Registered: 05-14-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 8:42am
I don't think it is possivbe to do that in my district. It is possible to walk to elementary school in many cases and middle and high school in some cases. We had 4 high schools in our district and I don't think any of them are close enough to a middle school to make it possible to walk to both. You could live close enough to a middle school to walk but then be bussed to high school, or be bussed to middle school and walk to high school but not walk to both.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 8:49am

Nothing wrong. I would prefer it actually, but not a realistic option right now. Eldest is a bully magnet and buses are not well supervised- (especially sinceone of his bullies isnow a bus patrol) and the school is on a busy road they have to corss with no crossing guard. Plus, the bus takes 30 minutes when we can walk in ten and they got off green 3 times out of 5 (the busses have notoriously bad fumes). Ridiculous I know.

In JH, the bus comes at 6:40AM for first period start at 7:30am. The school is a mile and a half away. Havent't decided what to do there yet (still two years away).




Edited 8/6/2007 8:50 am ET by janetlynn_64
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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 8:55am

I've had many days where I'm too busy to do anything for 10 hours except pee.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 8:58am
So you're unwilling to quantify the amount of time.

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