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so sick of hearing....
| Mon, 08-06-2007 - 1:34pm |
hello everyone!! i just read the cnn article on how burnt out and guilty the working mom is...and how hard it is to incorparate "quality" time...and all i can say is WILL YOU COME OFF IT PLEASE!! i work-40 hours a week; sometimes 6 days a week to get all my hours...and i have 2 children-7 and 3...and you know what-every day during the school year, i walk my dd to school...i volunteer at my dds school-in her classroom and on field trips-i have the last 2 years and plan to do more of the same this coming year...i keep the house clean-do the dishes and laundry, go grocery shopping, etc. and you know what-neither of my kids feel slighted. we just took a week long vacation where we went to an amusement park and then to visit my sil for a few days...they have a lil shallow pool-and i go "swimming" with them often-usually before i go off to the adult world of work...we go on shopping trips with my mom and visit a cousin who has a huge pool and the adults play cards outside on the deck when the kids swim...we play games, we take walks, we go to parks...it just boggles my mind. yes i get tired-and yes there are days i wish i didnt have to go in to work...but then theres days that i cant wait until i go in-some women are meant to stay at home and theyre happy doing it...and some women are meant to work outside the home-i need that adult stimulation-i need my friends and my friends are all behind that deli counter with me...again i dont feel my kids are slighted in the least-my own mom was a stay at homer and she didnt volunteer at school and we never took the kinds of trips and outings my kids are lucky enough to have on a regular basis...i dont feel guilty when im at work-i dont think being a working mom hurts my kids...im getting sick and tired of hearing how unhappy working moms are, or how guilty i should feel cuz im not with my kids 24/7...maybe im the exception...or maybe the media focuses too much on the exceptions and a lot of working mommies feel like me...??? take care!!
joanne
maman2goons@yahoo.com
joanne
maman2goons@yahoo.com

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I'm glad ours does as well.
PumpkinAngel
"I mentioned that the saying existed. People did stay together for the sake of the children; no one hears that saying today. End of story. Gr8tful was incorrect that society is more child-focused today."
You don't believe this? I have neighbors who just divorced and sold their home but waited until the kids were in High School. It still DOES exist.
I think you need to read that again,
PumpkinAngel
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That's not really the issue. I am a sahm and I often choose work over leisure time.
The real issue is, if someone has SAH year after year, decades even, especially when all of the children are in school year after year, do I believe that he/she hated SAH all of those years or thought that WOH would have been better for her family?
No, I don't believe that.
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No, it's not the end of the story, perhaps you don't hear it anymore, but that doesn't mean no one hears it anymore....
PumpkinAngel
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"The real issue is, if someone has SAH year after year, decades even, especially when all of the children are in school year after year, do I believe that he/she hated SAH all of those years or thought that WOH would have been better for her family?
No, I don't believe that."
Why not? Do you realize that some women are expected to stay home from husbands and family? They might have wanted to go to work but were not allowed or thought this was what they needed to do or could not afford to go to work? There are all different situations.
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