http://lifeworkalliance.com/thejuggler/study-kids-working-moms/ Sun, 20 May 2012 11:06:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://lifeworkalliance.com/thejuggler/study-kids-working-moms/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Cecilgirl Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:12:10 +0000 http://lifeworkalliance.com/thejuggler/?p=127#comment-48 Having personally lived the various types of momhood -- not-working, working ft and pt, I think there are scenarios that make it more difficult for children to get together with other children. For example, when my children were in preschool and playdates were dates for the caretakers too, it was more fun to arrange palydates for my kids with their friends who had moms that I liked to be with as opposed to a nanny or au pair that I really didn't have much in common with. When the kids were older and the palydates are more the drop off type, it didn't really matter so much -- unless the child was in daycare after school -- so that it was more complicated to arrange a get together and maybe the playdates could never really be reciprocated at the other kids' house. Also, the kids in daycare sometimes don't participate in after school activities with the other kids, so they aren't in the soccer group or the boyscout group. How to resolve this? A lot of preplanning by the parents and hopefully -- a flexible workplace and schedule -- good friends help too! Having personally lived the various types of momhood — not-working, working ft and pt, I think there are scenarios that make it more difficult for children to get together with other children. For example, when my children were in preschool and playdates were dates for the caretakers too, it was more fun to arrange palydates for my kids with their friends who had moms that I liked to be with as opposed to a nanny or au pair that I really didn’t have much in common with. When the kids were older and the palydates are more the drop off type, it didn’t really matter so much — unless the child was in daycare after school — so that it was more complicated to arrange a get together and maybe the playdates could never really be reciprocated at the other kids’ house. Also, the kids in daycare sometimes don’t participate in after school activities with the other kids, so they aren’t in the soccer group or the boyscout group. How to resolve this? A lot of preplanning by the parents and hopefully — a flexible workplace and schedule — good friends help too!

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