Comments on: Working Mom Role Models

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:56:15 +0000

Marijean, your blog is thought-provoking and perfect for us working mothers. I’m tagging you with a Thinking Blogger Award: http://jenontheedge.blogspot.com/2007/06/wowza.html. Thanks for the regular inspiration!

By: marijean

marijean — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:22:06 +0000

Jennifer, I am with you and can’t even imagine it, personally. Let’s face it though, not everyone is equipped to parent all the time and I’m sure in some cases, it’s actually better for the children.

I admire stay at home moms for that reason — they are “on” 24/7. There were many times when my kids were younger that I needed a break (even while working) from the parenting, and probably at those times, they needed a break from my parenting, too.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:17:55 +0000

Summer trips with the grandparents, I understand. Long weekends or even vacations without the children, I totally get. But almost three months away from home? No way. That’s not parenting. I admire the parents who do just that, parent, all the time, while juggling all the rest of the balls of life. You know, the rest of us.

By: marijean

marijean — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:30:47 +0000

I agree — but families have different relationships and different ways of raising children — in the deep South, where this woman is from, I understand that summers with grandparents is a very common practice. I’ve known other families that have done this. For your mom, it seems to have been her saving grace.

By: Maiaoming

Maiaoming — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:34:04 +0000

Isn’t 4 years old a little young to be gone from mom and dad for 3 months??? Even 7? I guess it depends on the kids and their relationship with their grandparents… I know I certainly would not want my child spending that much time with my mother, heh heh…

For my mom when she was a little kid, summers with her grandparents was heaven - away from the hell that was home.