Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 11/10/2004 9:08:00 AM Author: Texas Provider (rroe@sbcglobal.net) Subject: I am a state provider for infants throug... I am a state provider for infants through 2 years of age and I have to say that I have a lot of experience dealing with moms who have guilt feelings about going back to work after maternity leave. I feel like a therapist sometimes. But I tell them this: there are moms who can stay home and come off as Harriet Nelson and there are moms who are at home, yet glued to the soap operas and Dr. Phil and not paying mind to their children at all, (I've known several). They may be there physically for their kids but that's about it. There are also the working parent who think of their careers first and then there are working parents who spend quality time with their children when they are with them, (and again, I know several). Now I became a provider (initially) to stay home with my kids, and to say that it has not been a "challenge" at times would be a lie. It is not an easy job to combine the child care profession with raising a family. But I understand that not everyone can do it the way I did it so who am I to judge? I think my kids have benefited because I was home, but on the other hand I was glad when my mom went to work when I was in first grade because she was unhappy being a stay-at-home mom. I just wanted my mom to be happy. Name: Email: Subject

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