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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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It's still an attack on someone's character.
PumpkinAngel
I have read all of the posts in this thread.
PumpkinAngel
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Sure you did.
PumpkinAngel
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how about when they tell you that their child learned SO MUCH in your class? ANd that they enjoyed you as their teacher?
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it's definitely not always the case, but given good kids (easy enough to see when kids are 10-18) I would trust THAT mother's judgement vs. one who's child is less than 5 - especially if the parent that only has one young one has told EVERYONE (at least on this board) that in order to parent well they MUST sah -- otherwise they weren't parenting "right".
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honestly, I think many of these young people are those that had undiagnosed and/or untreated ADHD or parents who gave their kids either too much or too little structure/boundaries. Then again, sometimes, no matter how good we are, kids just do the wrong things.
Carole
<<If that is how you feel, then this entire thread is all 800+ posts. >>
Huh?
PumpkinAngel
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