No Rest for Working Moms

I really have to hand it to today's working mothers. I would imagine most women don't want to go back to the 60's, but they are heroes for balancing all they have to do today. Unfortunately, some rely on keeping their kids entertained with their electronic devices.
 

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I was a working mother most of the time. I don't know how I got as much done as I did back then because I'm pretty lazy now.

I know when I was an assistant leader for my daughter's Girl Scout troop, I could get a lot more participation and assistance out of working mothers than I could out of the stay-at-home mothers. We'd have a weekend event, or I'd need something made for an event or..... and if I asked a working mother, she'd sigh and say, "OK, when and where and how many?" and she'd be there. I'd ask a stay-at-home mother and I'd often get, "Oh, I can't come on Saturday (or Thursday night or.....). I have to feed my husband and the kids" or some other excuse. It was definitely unbalanced.

I think back then working mothers felt so guilty about being away from the kids so much, they just pushed on and did whatever they needed to do to help out. If you had to squeeze 30 hours into a 24-hour period, you did it.

I remember sitting at the sewing machine at 1 a.m. one night, because my daughter had just remembered she was going to be in a play the next day and she needed a Fruit Bat costume. Oh, well, I didn't really need that black nylon slip, did I?
 
At one point, I was a single mother, working full time and going to college part time. I have no idea how I did it. :ROFLMAO:

I do think we would be better off if one parent could stay home and take care of the kids. I know I missed out, working so much when they were little. I was lucky to have my mom help with my first child and a wonderful lady who was like a grandmother with my second.
 
CaliS said:
At one point, I was a single mother, working full time and going to college part time. I have no idea how I did it. :ROFLMAO:

I do think we would be better off if one parent could stay home and take care of the kids. I know I missed out, working so much when they were little. I was lucky to have my mom help with my first child and a wonderful lady who was like a grandmother with my second.
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I’ve always been able to understand working moms. I see some around me who are like real life superheroes, they manage their jobs really well while also taking care of their families and kids. I don’t think I could do that myself
 
SandyR said:
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Didn't listen to it all. Stopped at expected. I don't care what anyone expects. Good luck expecting.

I'm lucky to live in Holland where when feminism came in the 60s and 70s women fought for their right to work part time and stay home to bake cookies with the kids.

Jujube said she couldn't get stay at home moms to help. My colleague, who also only works 3 days, once complained about parents from school who never did something for school. She always helped there.

They'd ask you to come clean the school. What? Bye. Are you crazy? I haven't even cleaned up my own mess. No way. Can you bring the kids to some place? No. I only have a bike, no car, because I work so little and these kids don't listen, so I will have to be nasty and control them. Nope. No problem getting kids over to play. They came over all the time. But I'm not gonna raise them for you.

If a kid was annoying and starting fights I'd say: Hey. I'm not a police officer. If you want to fight you can do that at your parents' house. One listened and played sweet. The other visited once never again. Ain't nobody got time for that.
The colleague who always helped at school then had a burnout and didn't go to work 1,5 year. That's why I say: no move it and I don't care what you expect.

Lol one kid: It's like a holiday apartment here! We have 1 bedroom for 4. 2 bunk beds. Nobody cares. And the ones who do are not welcome.
 
A few years back, I read about a study that found that the most well-adjusted kids were those whose both parents worked part time or alternate schedules (mom worked days, dad worked nights for ex.) so that they spent time alone with both parents, time alone with just mom, time alone with just dad, and time alone with a non-related sitter. They reasoned that the kids got both precious time with both parents and each parent but also were exposed to non-family people which helped them to get along better with all kinds of people. Have no clue whether it's true or not; I'm screwed up and maybe it's because I spent too much time with a crazy, mean grandmother? Who knows.
 

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