The female fight for emancipation and equal employment rights has brought on many great things that our generations are deeply grateful for, but it has pushed new issues to the fore. As everything in life is about balance, women today (seems like more than ever) are struggling to balance their much desired successful careers and motherhood.
It’s a sad and slightly disturbing fact that in these modern times having a child can be a real career killer and over two thirds of employed women claim that having children hindered their career progress and that after returning to work, they were deemed “less employable”, or even felt their job was under threat.
对于许多家庭来说,成为全职妈妈根本不可行。随着当今家庭努力在单一收入中生存,“孕产妇养家糊口”的增长巨大。但是,如果女性能够拥有适当和可靠的育儿,才能具有竞争力,富有成效和成功。
Parental guilt 101
父母决定时面临的最大挑战之一把孩子照顾很内gui。自然,您是否担心您是否在护理中心做出了最佳选择,以及您将在更长的时间内与孩子分开的事实。此外,许多母亲也对将自己的专业野心置于孩子面前感到内gui。但是,这完全是正常的,只是表明了您对孩子的深刻情感依恋和责任。
处理这种罪恶感将帮助您和您的孩子成功适应这种变化。作为母亲,您需要学习快乐,并与您做出的选择保持和平,并专注于积极的成果:您的孩子将得到充分的照顾,并有很多学习和发展的机会,您将能够更多地关注您的专业成就。
If the mother guilt still continues, try to focus on the positive aspects and do your best to be proactive in the time that you do have to spend with your child, such as the weekends when you can ease up on the chores and do things with your child that you all love. Alternatively, create a more flexible working schedule and pick your child up earlier if possible and spend quality time together.
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寻找高质量的托儿服务
Dealing with parental guilt is not an easy task, but child care centres take pride in the fact that they are able to create an environment that is nurturing to a child’s physical, emotional and intellectual growth, so leaving your child in such a place should be considered a positive choice, not a source of worry and guilt.
找到一个可靠且高质量的护理中心,使您的孩子有机会成长和成长。因此,您的最终选择应该是提供出色的计划和活动的设施,例如注册您的孩子in Young Explorers Early Learning Centre。这样,就可以知道您的孩子在正确的位置,您将能够松了一口气。
可以理解的是,所有这些都带来了价格。除了大多数人每月首先支付的抵押贷款外,托儿付款也排在榜首。如果价格太高,则意味着您将被迫待在家里。
Losing affordable and reliable childcare is a loss in all aspects of life: you are denied the opportunity to finish your education, get a degree and work, your child misses out on the chance to develop in a stimulating environment, and if you’re in a two-income household, you may have to give up on one in order for one of you to stay at home and take care of the kids.
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好处
好处of investing in children and women go far beyond just societal benefits. When you take into consideration the possible future costs of crime, unemployment and poor health to the society, initial costs of child care per each child give a clear return on investment of about eight dollars.
In addition,studies show multiple benefits从获得负担得起的托儿服务:高质量课程的孩子在教育中保持更长的状态,健康状况更好,寿命稍长。
在贫困家庭中,福利甚至更为明显,在这些家庭中,高质量的育儿计划可以帮助孩子和母亲过着更成功和充实的生活。他们都成为积极的参与者和社会的贡献者,受过更多的教育和更好的技能,因此我们在这里可以看到的是促进一代人的流动性。
The time has definitely come to remove the negative connotations from the phrase “working mom”. We need to join forces and, as a society, find the best way to help them out. The corporate world needs to implement better and clearer maternity policies, with well-thought-out plans for returning to work, and society itself needs to stop frowning at people’s different choices when it comes to raising children. The most practical solution is to invest wisely into good quality early child care, affordable for all. It may be costly initially, but the long-term benefits to the overall well-being of the whole society will outweigh the short-term hits to the budget.