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Are you…. stressed
financially???
Can staying home…Pay off???
Families are feeling insecure about their futures!
Many are wondering, ”When are things going to get better for my family
and me?
Deep down inside many feel as though they are just surviving and not
succeeding.
They are trying hard to balance their work and family responsibilities.
When married couples with children were polled, 32 percent thought
one parent
should spend more time with the kids.
Is it time for moms to stay home?
More than 80% of American women have a child at some point in their
life, and most of
those mothers must decide if and when to return to work.
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 Moms have a tough decision to make. How do we have time
for our families and still be
successful women? Do we stay home or send the children to day care?
Many feel they are letting women down by pulling out of
the workforce.
Remember…. “I can bring home the bacon….fry it up in a pan….and never…
never.. never let you forget you’re a man…I’m a woman…."(Enjoli)
Since the 60’s feminist movement (encouraged
housewives to seek fulfillment in a career) to the economic recession
and inflation that struck the 70’s, women were swept out of the home
and into the workplace. Moms are torn by the pressures between family
and work.
Between 1973 and 1983 income for young families fell by more than 16
percent.
Suddenly purchasing a house and a car along with providing three square
meals carried a dual-income price tag.
Most families need a combined income to make
ends meet.
Seven out of ten working mothers say they need their
salaries in order to pay the bills.
According to the Census Bureau, more moms than ever
before are returning to work within a year of giving birth..
A report in the journal Child Development says that children of mothers,
who return to work full-time before their kids are 9 months old, score
slightly lower in cognitive –development tests at age 3 than kids with
moms who stayed home longer.
An ad for Boeing read: “She had breakfast with the
national sales manager, met with the client from 9 to11, talked at an
industry luncheon, raced across town to the plans board meeting and then
caught the 8:05 back home.”
In the ‘80’s…..Mothers became exhausted hauling baby and briefcase
through the career traffic.
Two incomes became a real necessity not a luxury. When asked to sketch
their future…young adults say they want good careers, good marriages and
two to three kids, and they don’t want their kids to be raised by
strangers.
WE WANT IT ALL!
Many failed to see the conflict that would arise
between work and family life.
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Moms feel guilty about their work taking their time away from the kids!
Parents are faced with the difficult dilemma of
finding day cares, many too expensive and often of poor quality.
Safe, licensed childcare is a real need. Fretting about the effects of
day care on children has become a national preoccupation.
Moms worry if the diapers are being changed…. if the medications are
being ignored and if
kids are being lined up in front of the TV like a bunch of zombies.
What trouble lies ahead for a generation reared by strangers? What kind
of adults will they become? The question parents ask, “Who can I
trust to raise our child"?
“It’s scary! We now have a generation of children being
raised in a way that has never happened before."
(The Child Dilemma …Time magazine)
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Next came a generation of women raised on a
steady diet of self-determinism and
…… “YOU GO GIRL-ism” …..And now they are having kids!
In TIME magazine, a poll of
505 men and women ages 18-24 found that 4 out 5 believed it was
difficult to juggle work and family, and that too much pressure is
placed on women to bear the burdens. More moms are working longer and
more irregular periods of time, and it's having a direct influence on
the family.
In many dual-career families, both parents are victim of
the great American speedup. The results of the stress falling on mothers
who continue to shoulder the majority of the child care and the
housework, causes the pressure to reach a bursting point. Many married
mothers make the decision to be a "stay-at-home" Mom because they can't
balance job and family, and they don't want to have that kind of
pressure.
A record of 53% of mothers with infants at home
in 1998 had gone back to work—
36% were working full time and 17% were working part time.
A 1999 poll found 70 percent of Americans think that women do more work
at home. On the average, wives tackle 40 hours of housework a week,
compared to 16 hours by husbands. (26,500)
In 2001, many highly educated, highly employable women have tossed their
careers to the wind, opting to stay home.
American women …are we going backwards? What happened the Superwoman
tailored suit that brought home the bacon and boasted…”I am woman, hear
me roar?”
Women found they really did burn out from “having it all.” Moms were
thoroughly exhausted from putting in a full day at work and then another
full evening at home. They dreamed of the good old days…when moms did
stay home.
It really is fascinating to watch the pendulum swing the other way the
last 15 years, as women face the untold frustrations of trying to work
full time and raise a family. It’s becoming a priority shift.
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 According to Time magazine, April 30, 2001, Nancy
Gibbs writes the article: What Kids (Really) Need. Based on the
findings of a survey funded by the National Institutes of Health,
this survey stoked many parents’ fears. Here is what they found. The
more hours children spend away from their mothers, researchers
concluded, the more likely they are to be defiant, aggressive and
disobedient by the time they reach kindergarten. Kids who are in child
care more than 30 hours a week “scored higher on items like ‘gets in
lots of fights, 'cruelty,’ ‘explosive behavior,’ as well as ‘talking too
much’, ’argues a lot’ and 'demands a lot of attention,’” said principal
researcher Jay Belsky. It didn’t matter if the children were black or
white, rich or poor, male or female, and –most confounding—whether the
care was provided by a traditional child-care center, a nanny, a
grandmother, or even dad. Only mom will do.
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Balancing the demands of work and family responsibilities remains one
of the most talked about issues for women in the workplace today.
In her landmark book, “The Second Shift” Arlie
Hoschschild reported that many women found they were working
basically to pay for childcare.
No wonder more and more women began to reconsider the stay-at-home
options. As Mary Snyder, co author of “You Can Afford to Stay Home
With Your Kids,” told readers, “It’s a total priority shift. Women
don’t want the Supermom Syndrome. It looked GREAT from the outside, but
once you were in it, you were miserable and you couldn’t excel at
anything.
Too often….mothers think there are only two choices:
working outside the home or not working at all. They
fear they are going to “waste” all of those years of going to school to
stay at home! Many have invested a lot in their careers.
- However, many opportunities
really do exist for women to work at home.
"Working from home doesn’t mean…falling for a scam. …or stuffing
envelopes" said Cheryl Demas, author of “The Work-At-Home Mom’s Guide
to Home Business, “ (Hazen Publishing, 2000).
“Certainly there are scams. However, there are opportunities out
there where you can make money.”
Our "Motivated Moms Team" is urging moms
to consider a different course to help balance their life.
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Today, intelligent, well-educated women are managing
web-based businesses from home. They save time and money by not
having to drive to work, go out to lunch as often, buy as many
dressy clothes or run up the dry cleaning bills. Moms say, “It’s
great sitting in sweat pants, with no makeup on, a coffee cup in
one hand and working on the phone or internet. Working at home
provides independence.
Now, moms can be more flexible when it comes to
managing their family responsibilities.
We know….working at home, however,
is hardly problem free!
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Together, our "Motivated Mom Team"
members are
here to train and support each other..
We have found ways to help each mom:
- Create an income by working at home.
- Develop independent work habits.
- Learn to set goals.
- Challenge each other.
- Praise each other for accomplishments.
- Support each other.
- Have lots of FUN!
We’ll show you how. You CAN have it ALL!
Experts say mothers who choose to leave the workforce to rear their
kids are winning on two fronts. They have less stress, and they have
healthier, happier husbands.
Our team has found a way to win at more then just two fronts.
We have less stress, our husbands and families are happier and our
self esteem
has increased by having our own identity!
- Moms can stay home and have a career.
- Moms can participate in their families'
financial security
- Moms can have more time to spend with
their family.
- Moms can protect their families from
hazards
- Moms can have relationships and spend
time together with friends.
- Moms can have control over what your
child is exposed to.
- Moms can be a leader of the local PTA .
Moms can get hugs and kisses all day.
And the list can go on and on!
We believe in the POWER OF A TEAM.
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