http://deniseterry.com The Work, Life and Passions of Denise Terry Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:34:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://deniseterry.com/2012/02/19/the-working-moms-secret-weapon-against-chaos-taskrabbit/#comment-35 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:34:03 +0000 http://deniseterry.com/?p=541#comment-35 More moms like us need to give permission to others to drop the domestic diva torch and decide where our time is best spent. One of my favorite quotes is this: “Dust will always take up residence in your home. Your children will not. Spend your time accordingly.” Good for you, Denise, to leave the closets + cats in the able hands of TaskRabbit runners and focus on your kids and your livelihood instead.

]]> http://deniseterry.com/2011/12/06/the-working-moms-cost-calculator/#comment-33 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:51:15 +0000 http://deniseterry.com/?p=415#comment-33 More companies utilizing job sharing might help; The government in some countries helps stay at home parents with a supplement (as if that’s going to happen here); Part time opportunities could be made more available; Living close to a trusted relative who charges much less is the avenue of many who actually have family or friends not working and geographically nearby. It saddens me to see how much it costs to find trusted childcare these days. I personally had a two year maternity leave after the birth of my only daughter. I’ve never regretted doing that. My policy was, which many cannot do, was to make sure my child was old enough to walk and talk enough to tell me about their daily care/caretakers. It’s such a difficult decision, but I often recall how hard teaching was while parenting, and think that working motherhood was terribly overrated in my day.

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