: About Me

I am a 28 year old homemaker and mother of two. I have kept diaries all of my life, this is the first time I have ever had anything written for public view. I like to read and travel, though I haven't gone very far. With a life full of ups and downs, highs and lows. I have a novel in my head already.

My passion is ...

my children

I know too much about ...

nothing

My parents always told me ...

stand up straight

My childhood ambition ...

to be an artist

My favorite memory ...

the family farm

Why I write ...

because I like to

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

everything

My first job ...

Dunkin Donuts

My best moment ...

every moment I'm alive

My inspiration ...

my husband

Parenting & Pregnancy > Working Parents Parenting well during after-work hours

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Woking mothers guilt is a fact not a myth. Whether you work out of necessity or love of career the haunting of not being with your child every moment still exists. Often times the mother feels the need to coddle the child when they are around, letting there children get away with much less discipline in order to make up for lost time. They also tend to give more gifts and give in to temper-tantrums far more easily than mother that does not work. Bad behavior is often times ignored or worse, mothers blame themselves rather than discipline the child. This is a great disservice to the child a...

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