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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question for all you working mothers: how do you know there is a gap because of childcare? How do you know what the gap was for?
Certainly you can't ask. Are you assuming?

1. What if they were sick with cancer and then recovered?
2. Cared for 2 elderly parents with multiple medical issues, including schizophrenia?
3. Cared for a severely disabled child at the end of their life (Krebbs disease for example)?

These are 3 real life examples from my family and social group where women took years off and then returned to the workforce.
Are these acceptable?[/quote]

Usually people who have taken time off for the preceding tend to state it in an interview and/or cover letter. I'm not suggesting they go into every medical detail, but they let it be known that something serious was going on that required their full time attention; they don't make excuses for it. In contrast, many SAHMs show how "busy" and "relevant" they still were by taking about their PTA and HOA experience.[/quote]
Absolutely not. Someone states in a cover letter they were a caretaker for family and you would 100% assume it was for childcare. Or another SAHM trying to make it look like she was doing more.
Someone would not announce they had cancer and almost died in a cover letter [/quote]

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