Here's a statement that I've heard couples say after having 1 or 2 children
"Day care is so expensive. We only make an extra hundred or two a month whats the point in working if I could just stay home with the kids".
Like investing let's think long term here. Salaries increase overtime and promotions are given as long as you stay in the workforce. Your situation can change drastically in a couple years. By the time your children reach college age you could have a solid career and two incomes.
Another idea to consider is kids learn by watching their parents, and seeing both parents going to work can have positive effects on the ways a young man or woman perceives the world.
Another option to stay in the work force and still have more time with your kids is a flexible work arrangement That is creating better/ less hours for yourself so that you can spend more time with your children at a young age and return to work full time once they are old enough. The benefit is that you keep building work experience and you have a place to go to when you wish to be a full time employee again.
Let me end by saying there is nothing wrong with being a stay home parent. I was lucky enough to have my mom stay home. I wrote this post because as much as she loved being with my brother and I 24/7, she wished that she had done something like the flexible work arrangement so that it would have been easier to return to the workforce once we were older.
You are valuable and intelligent don't let a gap in your resume hold you back.
"Day care is so expensive. We only make an extra hundred or two a month whats the point in working if I could just stay home with the kids".
Like investing let's think long term here. Salaries increase overtime and promotions are given as long as you stay in the workforce. Your situation can change drastically in a couple years. By the time your children reach college age you could have a solid career and two incomes.
Another idea to consider is kids learn by watching their parents, and seeing both parents going to work can have positive effects on the ways a young man or woman perceives the world.
Another option to stay in the work force and still have more time with your kids is a flexible work arrangement That is creating better/ less hours for yourself so that you can spend more time with your children at a young age and return to work full time once they are old enough. The benefit is that you keep building work experience and you have a place to go to when you wish to be a full time employee again.
Let me end by saying there is nothing wrong with being a stay home parent. I was lucky enough to have my mom stay home. I wrote this post because as much as she loved being with my brother and I 24/7, she wished that she had done something like the flexible work arrangement so that it would have been easier to return to the workforce once we were older.
You are valuable and intelligent don't let a gap in your resume hold you back.
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