Reply to What I’m noticing from millennial high achieving moms

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "What I’m noticing from millennial high achieving moms"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m reminded of when we lived in Scarsdale, where dual high-income families were commonplace.  I was eavesdropping on some high school boys having lunch in a local deli.  They were talking about another boy, and how his mom is a doctor who works overnights at a hospital so he never sees her.  And they all had such genuine sadness for him over that fact.  I just have to wonder what’s the point of having such a big job that you don’t ever see your kids.  [/quote]

I’m a mom who works overnights in a hospital so that I CAN be there for my kids.  I’m sleeping, but home during the day if there is any kind of emergency at school or sick child who needs to stay home.  I pick my kids up at school every day, drive them to extracurriculars, help with homework, make dinner, and read them stories before bed.  Then I take a quick nap and go in to work at midnight.

Working nights is not a “big job.”  No one is working nights and doing hospital administration or getting big research dollars.  Doctors working nights are taking care of sick people who need emergent care.  I don’t know how you can’t see the point of that.  
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics