This is something a lot of my 'Mummy' friends are going through at the moment as quite a few of us all had babies around the same time....in England it is a conundrum that I know so many Mothers (and Fathers) spend time thinking about.... the dreaded return to work. The issues are ....
>>>Childcare is so expensive so if you work full time you have to pay for childcare full time which on average is around £1200 a month where I live so by the time you have paid that you don't always have a lot left over (depending on your salary of course)
>>>Then if you do return to work full time you are basically earning money to pay someone else to look after your cherub from 8am - 6pm 5 days a week.
>>>You could go back part time however businesses aren't always so accommodating with this, especially to mothers. If you do go back part time of course your salary is reduced and you still have to pay for childcare.
>>>The option to work from home - again I don't know many businesses that are that happy about working from home especially if you have a young child as realistically how much work are you actually going to get done.
So you are faced with the problem of going back to work full time, which realistically you don't want to do as you had a child because you want to spend time with them but you do have bills to pay OR you have a big conversation with your husband and see if financially you can stay at home and be the main care giver to your child and be reliant on your husband financially which although you love your child you are a person as well as a mother and have a brain and want to feel like you contribute to the family bank balance. WHAT A TOUGHIE!!!
When I speak to friends who live abroad they are shocked at how expensive childcare is here and also how hard it is for a woman to go back to work and still look after your child as you want to. I mean lets face it... it is near impossible...
And that is why I decided to take the risk and start my own business. I run a recruitment business from home. It's just me doing it and I fit it all in around my Daughter... she does attend nursery 3 afternoons a week which was a really big financial decision as I am just starting the business and financially it is a strain but you need to take the risk somewhere. It's not perfect, she plays by her self in the same room as me and sometimes I have to ignore her if she is winging and I am on the phone. I don't feel like a bad parent at those times but I don't feel like the best parent either...all I hope is that my risk pays off, I can make the business work and those few moments where she is ignored or could do with a bit of play time with Mummy will be made up for when I am there at the school gates, can spend time with her properly in the evenings and not having to do work for a big presentation or can say right... it's a lovely day... lets go to the park.
Has anyone else been faced with this problem? How did you deal with it?
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