Returning to work
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Once you've decided to go back to
work the practicalities of making your decision work
are a whole new ball game, never mind coping with the
guilt! In this section women share their experiences
of life as a working mum.
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"The hardest thing about working was coping with
the time's when our son was sick. My
husband and I would argue over who's
work was the most important and hence
who could afford to take time off!!
When I look back now I feel sick about
it as we just lost sight of the fact
that our son was ill!!"
"I missed my support network when
I returned to work. It would have been
brilliant to meet other mums who were
trying to cope with the responsibilities
of a job and raising a family"
"Going back to work really helped
my relationship with my husband. I suppose
I understood better the difficulties
of juggling home and work and I didn't
just take his reluctance to help at
home personally"
"Organising my son's change bag
and food each morning before setting
off for the childminder was a nightmare
to begin with. Then I picked up some
practical tips from friends which mad
things a bit easier:
leave a supply of nappies, clothes etc with the
childminder;
prepare as much
of their meals as possible the night
before and leave the bag in the
fridge;
if possible get up and dressed yourself before waking your child."
"I didn't so much feel guilty about for leaving my son with a childminder
when I went back to. What was harder
was that I felt guilty about enjoying
being away from him and getting my
own space!"
"I am in the work outside the home mum category, not due to being career orientated but by having to.
I hate the late evenings when my children (4 and 2 years) are in Nursery from 0830 until 1900 (twice a week), but have no choice so we all have
to get on with it. I still experience the look of horror on stay at home mums faces when I tell them about my working hours and it makes me feel
such a bad parent. But we need my income to survive financially and that is without having the exotic holidays etc etc."
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If you are struggling with juggling work and family commitments and feel that you would like to talk to somebody about your personal situation you may be interested in 'Life Coaching'. You can also find help or advice on balancing the demands of work and home through the organisations below.
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SUPPORT LINKS
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Working Families, formerly Parents At Work and New Ways to Work, is a campaigning charity which supports and gives a voice to working parents and carers, and helps employers create workplaces which encourage work-life balance for everyone.
They offer a range of factsheets covering issues such as maternity rights, flexible working, parental and emergency family leave, paternity leave plus an online forum and free legal helpline.
Working Families
1-3 Berry Street
London
EC1V OAA
Tel: 020 7253 7243
Fax: 020 7253 6253
Answerphone for free factsheets: 020 7490 2414
Legal helpline freephone 0800 013 0313
www.workingfamilies.org.uk
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mother@work - The webzine that deals with working lives, family lives and personal lives. Practical advice and information to help you get the balance right.
www.motheratwork.co.uk
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RGMC Management Consultancy and Life Coaching Services
Many parents struggle with work/life balance issues when trying to juggle their work commitments with parenting responsibilities. RGMC can help you and your employer to develop flexible working solutions and ensure that opportunities for staff to work flexibly are implemented in a way to support both you and the business.
To find out more visit www.rgmcltd.com/faq.htm#Flexible Working
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