| Women who work become mums, and mums | | | | around their family responsibilities and adding an |
| ultimately become working mums, either working for a | | | | revenue to the household. Who says it is not possible |
| boss or choosing to be work at home mums. Various | | | | to have the best of both worlds, being a full-time |
| factors influence the length of time mothers remain at | | | | stay-at-home mum and working? The employer? The |
| home full-time to mind their kids and the family home. | | | | parental leave agreement? The daycare centre? The |
| Financial worries and maternity leave contracts are at | | | | bank manager? |
| the top of the reasons list for going back to work. | | | | Thus for mothers yet to get back to the working |
| Women return to work for an company either full-time | | | | mass, what is the other choice to joining the work at |
| or part-time, usually prior to their children commencing | | | | home mums who have elected to be home with their |
| primary school. Many daycare centres promote that | | | | kids without having to sacrifice an income and enjoying |
| they take on infants and children from the age of 6 | | | | professional activities? The other choice to owning a |
| weeks. You read right, I said weeks, not months. | | | | business from home is habitually to physically go to |
| I surely do not plan to instill fault on mothers who place | | | | work for an employer, send your little ones to daycare, |
| their children in daycare so that they can go back to | | | | forfeit some of your revenue for child care costs, see |
| work. Then again, for mums going back to work | | | | your kids part-time and relinquish the independence you |
| without a real desire and inclination to do so will each | | | | could have with your personal duties if you worked for |
| time make me feel disconcerted. It is sad to notice that | | | | yourself. |
| my generation, the one it, and the one which follows | | | | No matter what you decide to do for work, as a mum |
| too, is full of women who would love to remain home | | | | who needs to work and receive a salary, consider |
| and look after their children, but do something else, | | | | your options. Neither road is necessarily easier. Work |
| usually because of finances. Can't we mums just be | | | | at home mums experience numerous challenges. |
| mums, be present, focused, comfortable, devoted and | | | | Mums working for companies do too. The variance |
| be the primary influence in our children's lives? Sounds | | | | may be in the results and outcomes you are able to |
| naive, I know. However these are beliefs that work at | | | | produce for yourself, your children and your loved |
| home mums have shared for decades. | | | | ones, in terms of revenue, lifestyle, flexibility and your |
| Work at home mums have seized a chance to be | | | | sense of fulfillment. So question yourself: What's the |
| home with their children, at the same time as working | | | | other option? |