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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, who once sent my child to a *gasp* charter school, agree with you. It isn't true.
But, it also isn't true that anyone here has said such a thing. I haven't seen any poster here make inflammatory comments about public school in general or state that public schools in general aren't good enough.
I agree. What I see here are all sorts of moms with all sorts of kids making the best choice they can with regards to schooling. sometimes it's the public school, sometimes parochial, sometimes private, sometimes magnet schools (honestly if there was a magnet school for the arts around here Liza would be there so fast her head would spin LOL), sometimes homeschooling, but I haven't heard one inflammatory statment about public schools in general. I'm a product of public schools, Liza will most likely be in public scchool at some point after 6th grade...I don't see the big deal either way. But then again I dont' see the big deal about alot of things that send other moms into the vapors...;-)
Yes. We. Did.
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You and me both honey.
Yes, there was something to disagree about. You said:
"How is this huge increase in divorce anything but a very strong example that you're mistaken - people don't put their children first today?"
I disagree with the idea that she is mistaken.
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