cacanov06, b9lingling,
I am a full time working mom with 2 kids living in USA. I have been struggling between my work and my kids. For each pregnancy, I was puzzled on the decision of being a FT mom or a WK mom. I really really want to stay with my kids and I believe that it's very precious moments to lead the kids to what I want them to be. Being a working mom, I have to sacrifice 10 hours away from my kids everyday. My older one goes to daycare and my younger one is taken care by my mom (she's not strong enough to have 2 in her hands). Each time when I raised my idea to quit my job, it ended up to be a big fight with my husband. He wants to prepare for the future education of our kids. So, if I quit my job, we have no choice but rely on the government's resource. But, the public education is just as suck here as compared to that in HK. Private school can be a choice but it's so expensive.
Finally, I went back to work and leave my kids with someone. Luckily, I have my mom to watch my daughter and I send my son to daycare center to prepare him to school later. Honestly speaking, I enjoy my working life so that I can have some free time on my own and I don't have to rely on my husband financially although my hubby will support me anyway. He pays for rent, food and other grocery spend while I pay for daycare, pocket money to my mom and utility.
Actually, there are pros and cons for being either a working mom or a full time mom. I would say that it's hard for both to make their choices and hard for both to perform their duties as moms. The key is to be happy on our choice and enjoy it. My hubby said that he also want to be a full time dad but he knows that it's not an option for our case.
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