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Should I Leave My Career?

While so many moms make their career choice early in life and no matter how many kids they have, keep pursuing their career. There are plenty of benefits and drawbacks to working full-time or staying at home full-time to look after the family. If you’re currently stuck on whether to give up work to look after your children, let’s break down the pros and cons to help you decide.

Baby Peyton 4 months oldThe Emotional Impact

Discussing staying at home to look after your child is usually followed by “I wish I could, but I couldn’t afford to stay home.” It’s a very common thing for both moms and dads to work full-time because they don’t have the funds. If you stay at home, you can see your baby grow and develop before your very eyes, and your bond can strengthen while you teach your child how to get by in life. That is, obviously, very gratifying to see, but you may be very poor as a result. You can strike a good balance nowadays by asking the boss to work from home a few days a week, or if the role allows for it, every day. If that isn’t an option, it’s time to look at the job. Do you see that there is potential for moving up the career ladder? And does it pay that much? Because if you do the math and realize that you’re spending one-quarter of your pay on nursery bills, then is it really worth you missing out on so much of their lives? Another way to get the best of both worlds is to make the most of working from home but in a freelance capacity. There are plenty of roles available, from survey taker to blog writer, which you can find at https://www.surveyssay.com/work-from-home-jobs-for-moms/, and the great thing about many of these roles is that you can do them around your life. The work/life balance is a bigger deal now than it was 20 years ago, and seeing as so many people are able to earn more money by working at home, it makes sense for you to do it too.

The Relationship Impact

Not just on your children! If you and your partner are working full-time, and then you both come home at different times, barely get any time to talk because there are a million things that need doing. And then you’re both so tired after your long day’s work, you end up passing out without saying so much as a word to each other, it can cause friction down the line. It is a means to an end until the children are old enough, but by then would it be too late? If you or your partner stayed at home, it would mean saved money on childcare, and there would be more of an opportunity to spend time together as a family, rather than pass like ships in the night. Be aware that there are options for you if you want to continue to work, but make sure you see the overall impact it has.   

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About Shanna

Shanna started writing shortly after her daughter was born. She's written for various outlets over the years. When she's not writing about her adventures with her daughter, she's out having adventures!

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About Peyton’s Momma

Shanna is a single mom living in the suburbs of the Twin Cities raising her daughter.

Shanna blogs about family, food, travel, middle-school-age children topics, and more. She shares tips and tricks she has discovered to help make her life run smoother.

She is also an avid cook and enjoys sharing recipes and entertaining. Shanna plans educational events and field trips for her daughter and shares her experiences so other families can plan their own adventures.

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