so sick of hearing....

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so sick of hearing....
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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

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Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:26pm

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Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:28pm

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Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:28pm

When I made the decision to stay home I could afford daycare.

 

Shari mother to

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Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:30pm
i might be strange, but i don't know ANY wohms who fit that description.
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Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:30pm

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Not me, I want teachers who are going to work the kids.

PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:30pm

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Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:32pm

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Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:33pm
Nobody claimed any such, since nobody claimed that mothers of young children SHOULD work. All that people have argued is that if a parent is a good parent, there is no harm to the child if the parent works. You and others keep insisting that SAH is essential to good parenting. That would imply that there is some harm that children derive from having working parents. All you were asked was to identify what that harm might be.
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Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:34pm

I said there have been some weeks that we have had $5.00 left to SPEND.

 

Shari mother to

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Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:34pm

Hmm....that's all, long post, lots of questions and not one single

PumpkinAngel

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