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Trading the Fast Track for the Mommy Track

Is It Right for You?

By Gail Johnson

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Any Regrets?
Judelson is happy with her decision to stay at home -- although she thinks going back to work would have been easier. "Staying at home is much harder, more frustrating and exasperating," she says. "I love my daughter dearly and I don't regret my decision, but there are times when I want to pull my hair out and I wish I were at a quiet desk reading a legal document."

Connelly admits she thought she was going out of her mind during her first six months at home. "There were days I would have loved to have put my work clothes on and left my daughter for the day," Connelly says. Even though she had doubts, Connelly doesn't regret her decision. "Children are only young for such a short time," she says. "Everyone says this, but it's true. My career can wait -- my children can't."

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Considering staying at home? Here's some tips from the experts:

  1. Have a positive attitude.
    According to licensed psychologist Catherine Mollner, the right attitude about staying at home makes all the difference "If mothers go into it thinking 'I'm just going to try this and see if it works,' they are preventing themselves from really bonding with their children and getting into the role 100 percent," Mollner says.
  2. Give yourself time.
    Stay-at-home mother Jeanellen Connelly recommends at least a year. "Be patient with yourself and your kids," she says. "A lot of people think that going back to work is easier, but it's not because you still have to do everything when you come home at night."

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    Fast Track or Mommy Track? by zyarfan h on 02/19/2010 06:59PM

    she's doing what is right. MOMMY TRACK!! do add me in facebook: darkinlightj.pretender@yahoo.com

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