Times article ' Life is a see saw for working mums ' a book written by succesful working mother - comments please

[CaptainUnderpants]

Times article

Anyone read it ? Has this been written by a well known mumsnetter ?

I do like the bit that you and your partner must get away at least twicw a year without children for at least three nights !

Her DH is the one that has given up work !

I'm afraid to say that I am very about books written by people like this . It feeds off other peoples 'believed/perceived' insecurites about their own lives, whilst making author even more money to get way without her children !.

I know a couple where the husband doesn't work either. good for them but they are few and far between. who can afford that lifestyle!! haven't read the article yet, will have a nosey just now...

Plus her child is called Wolfie. [snigger]

After Citizen Smith obviously

Exactly DHs who have given up work so DW can continue working are few and far between so I belive that this book and her experinec is totally irrelevant to those mums who are trying to balance work and home as there partners are also working !

Do we need a book to tell us that you need 'Me time ' ?

may go out and buy the book then again maybe not...just read the article.good for her doing so well with everything.

It's a bit same old same old.

Why does the 'me time' these people always advocate always - but always - means having a bath?

Un, it's all a bit stating the bleedingly obvious isn't it? Try to have time with your partner away from the kids, don't feel unnecessary guilt, HAVE LOTS OF BATHS. But good luck to her.

Ah good point, CaptainUnderpants!

I woul;dn't be arsed to read the book myself but two things jumped out at me from the extract: she is saying that it's bullshit that women shoud feel guilty about working, and that what's needed most is workplace flexibility. So good for her.

Well, yes that's a good message. After all, DH has never been called a part-time father for working full-time, but a couple of women at work have said my similar hours make me a part-time mum.

'she is saying that it's bullshit that women shoud feel guilty about working, and that what's needed most is workplace flexibility.'

but dont we know that already without someone writing a book about it ?

If author is that concerned about it then she is in a excellent position to campiagn to do something rather than write a book full of me time crap etc etc

SHe's a PR. SHe probably reckons that writing a book and getting it plugged everywhere is a good way of kickstarting a campaign.

If her husband doesn't work then it's hardly a difficult situation is it? Or else we'd see a plethora of books by working dads in the same situation!

I liked the article, much of what she has to say does bear repeating however unoriginal - it's easy to lose sight of the importance of 'me time' when you're a working mum, especially a single mum like me.

I wont hold my breath for the campaign

Her book will be meaningless. Her husband doesn't work so there will be no see-saw whatsoever for her, as a working mum.

Hogwash

So you will go out an buy a book for £10 to remind you of 'me time' . an article fair enough but a book for working mums with nothing orginal ( as far as I know , haven't read the book ) . But the article doesn't give me much hope of expecting anything more .

Agree Pointydog - what next, a book by a successful working Dad, explaining how his DW holds it together at home while he goes out to work? How unusual......

exactly wayne. Everyone would snort at that

£7 even to buy!

Now if all the coffers went to charity then I might feel m ore inclined to like the sentiment but 'guilty working mums ' who are really riding the see saw will be lining her pockets !

I won't buy the book, no, just made a mental note of the me-time and importance of resisting guilt. Has made me wonder whether I'd like a husband of my own though?

Sorry to go against the grain here but I enjoyed her article and thought that she had some decent things to say. Nothing new, I agree, but there aren't many working women with dh at home and it's interesting to see her coping mechanisms.
I'm at the comments that say it'll give her more money to get away from her children.
How judgey, judgey is that?

No wonder she talks about the guilt associated with being both a mother and the parent who works out of the home..

coffers went to charity.....why?

If she was working and looking after the home and her Dh was workingm - then she might have a valid point.
Otherwise she can feck off!