| A mom is torn between choosing her family or her | | | | question, read the following stories of two moms and |
| career. More often than not, career women feel guilty | | | | how they handled this situation. |
| about staying at home for several reasons including | | | | Let's look at Lisa who works part time. Lisa is a mom |
| her desire to fulfill her career ambition. She may have | | | | with two kids and as soon as she realized that it was |
| made the choice to stay home but she feels that she | | | | becoming impossible to get back to her job in the |
| needs to do her part in supporting the family financially. | | | | office after she gave birth to her youngest, she |
| Even though many mothers have found a solution in | | | | renewed her interest in photography and decided to |
| working at an internet job that is homebased, they are | | | | try to make a living doing it. "Leaving my stable job at |
| still faced with this question--should a mom work at | | | | the office was a risk and I really had doubt about doing |
| home at a full time or part time job? | | | | it. Yet now, I couldn't believe how happy I am that I did!" |
| "The 24 hours in a day is just not enough!" is what | | | | She's happy because her job doesn't take her away |
| working moms unfailingly complain. "There are just so | | | | from home all day. In fact, she is at home half of the |
| many tasks to do with so little time" whines another. | | | | day and only goes out when she meets her clients for |
| The fact is modern moms have been juggling their | | | | photo shoots. As a photographer and business owner, |
| professional, mommy, and wife tasks for some time | | | | she established her store online that she is able to |
| now. When you have been doing that, there comes a | | | | maintain when the time is convenient. Her family |
| time when you reach a point of feeling that you have | | | | supports her too and helps her with her business. |
| had enough or as the case may be--too much. | | | | Having balance in her life is what made her |
| This is why a career woman suddenly dreams about | | | | home-career successful. |
| quitting her day job and staying at home. Who would | | | | On the other hand, Beth is a mom who pursues a full |
| blame her? No one really, because they understand | | | | time online career. She finds it more difficult to balance |
| that her roles magically multiplied the moment she | | | | her schedule than when she was in the office. What |
| decided to become a career woman, wife and | | | | she has found worse is that it is hard for a mom to |
| mother. When she finds herself stressed because her | | | | work at home without getting distracted. There is |
| duties require her to wake up early to prepare her | | | | always some emergency with the children or |
| family's breakfast, drive her children to school, and | | | | household chores that needs immediate attention. In |
| work all day in an office. Then at the end of her busy | | | | fact, employers who contracted moms for |
| work day she rushes home to attend to her family's | | | | telecommuting jobs express concern that their |
| needs. Although her husband pitches in sometime | | | | employees should take steps not to get too tied up |
| lending a helping hand whenever he can, as a working | | | | with household duties. They suggest that if moms |
| mom, she still works harder and longer than anyone | | | | cannot achieve being organized, then they must get |
| else in the house. | | | | some help to do family and personal chores. Some |
| If one day, she marches into her boss' office to submit | | | | companies have encouraged mothers who have |
| her resignation letter, you could blame it on her busy, | | | | infants and small children to put them daycare. They |
| daily schedule and the stress it causes. Once she has | | | | instruct them "not to fire their babysitter." |
| made her decision, she is not really too concerned | | | | Finally, the decision whether mothers should work full |
| about losing that high paying job in the office. She | | | | time or part time in their home-based jobs is for the |
| knows what she wants. She wants to enjoy life, | | | | mothers themselves to decide. While there are |
| spend more time with her kids, cook and plan better | | | | working moms who prefer full time home-based work |
| meals and become a complete balanced woman. | | | | because of the size of the pay check needed, there |
| But how can she do that without totally losing her | | | | are also those whose circumstances only require that |
| financial independence? So she seeks a solution for | | | | they work a few hours a day. Being organized and |
| this dilemma; she decides to work at home. Each | | | | managing the time available for work and family will |
| decision leads to another question: Should she work at | | | | become very important to the moms working at home |
| home full or part time? | | | | whatever they decide. |
| If you are a mom looking for an answer to this | | | | |