to object to the way women are supposed to get little pt jobs that fit in around the family

[drpumpkinbread]

so they can always be there for the family.

i cringe when i hear somne say you wanna get a liitle part time job.

if i wanted a job i want a fuck off good one thanks.

not to be the servent skivvy that also manages to cram, paid work into my already bust life with the tiny amount of spare time i do have.

some people think pt is the best of bth worlds but i think it can also be the worse of both.

But you DO care or you wouldn't be writing this

just let it go.

I'm hoping to get a PT job in a profession where PT is like FT and FT is totally incompatible with family life. Dh's job is completely inflexible and as a pp said - soemthing has to give and I know it's going to be me. I agree that it can be the worst of all worlds but it's the best of a bunch of difficult options right now (I think). I certainly will get a cleaner and whatever other help I think I need and can afford. I don't intend to do all the housework as well.

People make these comments because they don't really understand the compromises involved.

For me, my PT work is a way of keeping my toes in my industry and continuing to grow in it. Like many women, my career was just hitting its stride when i had children. I couldn't just let the ridiculous amount of education I've had (I'm on my fourth degree!) go to waste. So I will emerge, bleary eyed from the early years of child rearing in a good position.

I also have a little business that I run from home. A bit insane really - I keep looking for hours in the day that just aren't there!!

Hey, whatever makes you happy - I wouldn't give a rat's arse what anyone else thought.

I don't get all this..I have one dd who has just started school and I work 9-3 while she is at school..what the hell else am I going to do? I really don't understand why mums don't work. We really dont need the money but I would get incredibly bored at home all day.

I also manage my washing and cleaning around working and don't find it too much in a largish house..I have a neighbour who tells me she just doesn't have time to work but she if I go round there in the day she is sat on the sofa watching tv!

Like you all say each to their own but for me I love working

I love my "little part time job". I teach 3 days a week, have the holidays off with my girls, am able to fit my working week around my girls, so most of the time I work, the girls are with my mother. I also do most of my planning at home so am able to maximise the time I spend with my girls. For me, working part time is the best of all worlds, particularly as it allows me to study for another degree in my spare time, and to be there for my girls when they need me.

However, I personally hate the assumption that because I work part time, my job must not be serious - when in fact, I am doing exactly the same type of work I did before children, and will simply revert to full time when my children grow up and develop my career again.