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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 734463" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Well, I most certainly DID feel judged for being a <em>working</em> mom, mostly because I wanted so much to be a GOOD mom! One of the first things I did was join Parents As Teachers, and it was terribly hard to work with them as <em>everything</em> was geared toward stay at home mom's. Meetings were in the daytime, when I was at work. It took a <em>lot</em> to get the parent educators to come to my home in the early evening. The play center was open late only a couple times a week, but open every single weekday from 8 to 5. Then of course there were the remarks I got from people about "letting other people raise your children". Excuse me, but other people did NOT raise my son! I raised my son! I was a lawyer, albeit a lower-salaried public servant, and I was divorced from a man who refused to pay me a dime in child support or watch our son. Was I supposed to go on welfare and move into low-income housing or be homeless when I was educated and capable of holding down a job and paying a sitter? But I also had never been around young children and I <em>really needed</em> the support of parent's programs...but there were none that weren't intended for stay-at-home parents, not even mommy and me exercise classes. </p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/soapbox.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":soapbox:" title="soapbox :soapbox:" data-shortname=":soapbox:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 734463, member: 17309"] Well, I most certainly DID feel judged for being a [I]working[/I] mom, mostly because I wanted so much to be a GOOD mom! One of the first things I did was join Parents As Teachers, and it was terribly hard to work with them as [I]everything[/I] was geared toward stay at home mom's. Meetings were in the daytime, when I was at work. It took a [I]lot[/I] to get the parent educators to come to my home in the early evening. The play center was open late only a couple times a week, but open every single weekday from 8 to 5. Then of course there were the remarks I got from people about "letting other people raise your children". Excuse me, but other people did NOT raise my son! I raised my son! I was a lawyer, albeit a lower-salaried public servant, and I was divorced from a man who refused to pay me a dime in child support or watch our son. Was I supposed to go on welfare and move into low-income housing or be homeless when I was educated and capable of holding down a job and paying a sitter? But I also had never been around young children and I [I]really needed[/I] the support of parent's programs...but there were none that weren't intended for stay-at-home parents, not even mommy and me exercise classes. :soapbox: [/QUOTE]
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