Time for another..."Guess That Quote"
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You make a good point, but I'll stand by the line you quoted since, with respect, what you have right now is not a career but just a part time job working a few hours a week. People with careers in this business (or most others) put in 20 hours of overtime a week. The thrust of my previous tirade was that the social occupation of staying at home, raising the children, cooking the meals, cleaning the house, feathering the nest and in general doing all of the often hard work of caring for and nurturing the entire family has been declared "demeaning". It is not. Women who pursue this path are not "cheated" in life. People also claim that it's not a career. Again, I disagree. It is a career, and an all encompassing one one at that. In fact, it's precicely because it is a full time job with frequent overtime that I object to women who take on yet another full time career in the business world. There's no way you can have two such demanding careers without doing a half assed job on one of them. And because the boss can fire you but the household can't, it's not hard to guess who gets short changed. Consequently, I don't see that your situation applies. Debs wrote: They certainly have a happier mother than they would have if I was at home all day! If you can keep up your full time job as a housewife and still have time for a hobby (most full time homemakers also have hobbies), then by all means, enjoy the part time job. :-) Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)
Christopher Duncan wrote: with respect, what you have right now is not a career but just a part time job working a few hours a week I don't see that my current circumstances are particularly compatible with career progression, and I am happy with that: it's my choice. It doesn't mean that someone cannot/should not have a career and be a mother, which was your original statement. I intend to return to work full time as soon as my children are older. I would not term motherhood/housewife etc. as a career, per se. It's more of a vocation. I certainly do not see it as demeaning. The individual is the one who should listen to their heart and do what suits both them and their family best. It isn't always as cut and dried as the media (or indeed, other people) would have us believe. Debbie
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Christopher Duncan wrote: with respect, what you have right now is not a career but just a part time job working a few hours a week I don't see that my current circumstances are particularly compatible with career progression, and I am happy with that: it's my choice. It doesn't mean that someone cannot/should not have a career and be a mother, which was your original statement. I intend to return to work full time as soon as my children are older. I would not term motherhood/housewife etc. as a career, per se. It's more of a vocation. I certainly do not see it as demeaning. The individual is the one who should listen to their heart and do what suits both them and their family best. It isn't always as cut and dried as the media (or indeed, other people) would have us believe. Debbie
It seems we agree in more areas than we disagree... :-) Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)