Guilt

iVillage Member
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
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 11:56am
Correct loose income is after they have been paid. Their income might suck but it is an income.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 11:56am
The difference is that I know many people who can easily take a full hour for lunch daily. You seem to deny the existence of a single working person who doesn't fit into your experience.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 07-26-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 11:57am
Well there you go. I guess I am lucky that when I return to work I am able to have more do as I please time without my children having to go be quiet somewhere else for an hour and a half a day.
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-26-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 11:58am
No I dont deny that. You however seem to deny anything that isnt YOUR experience. Hence you calling me a liar.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 11:59am

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iVillage Member
Registered: 01-10-2007
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 12:00pm

Really? Your kids don't play together?

Mine are 4 years apart, different genders. They've always played together. Not all the time, but a LOT. They still do.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 12:01pm

But they do not get paid...that's what I'm trying to point out.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 01-10-2007
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 12:02pm
No, not after they have been paid. I have known several business owners that didn't take a dime of "draw" or "income" for a few years.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 12:03pm

"I guess I am lucky that when I return to work I am able to have more do as I please time without my children having to go be quiet somewhere else for an hour and a half a day."


I want my children to have downtime every day.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Mon, 08-06-2007 - 12:04pm
I just find it hard to believe that as a SAHM of two children right about the age of my kids that your weekdays are so tightly scheduled that you get virtually no do as you please time.

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