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Let's
make one thing clear right from the start. ALL moms are working
moms.
This community, however, is devoted
to mothers who work outside the home. We face many challenges
that are different from those faced by stay-at-home moms or moms
who work at home. Hopefully, we'll soon have communities for these
groups too.
We are at the crest of a great
wave of social change. For the first time in history, a majority
of mothers are working at jobs outside their homes. At the
same time, most of us are still primarily responsible for
what goes on in the home. No wonder we're overwhelmed and
stressed out!
Until flex-time, reasonable parental
leave policies and a more equitable sharing of responsibilities
at home become realities, we working moms will be spending
too much energy juggling too many responsibilities. Let's
reach out and help each other get through this transition
period.
Here we can meet, share resources
for getting it all done, ideas for juggling home and family,
tips for getting and staying organized, creative ways to spend
meaningful time with our kids and partners, ways to nurture
ourselves and to give ourselves much-needed breaks.
We're kicking off this community
with some ideas I got from friends just before I started this
job as director of the Parent Center at WholeFamily - my first
full-time job in 15 years! Click on Help
for Working Moms from Those Who Know.
We want this to be YOUR community.
So please write to us or post notices on the Working
Moms' Discussion Board telling us how you'd like to make this
corner of the web work for you.
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