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Trading the Fast Track for the Mommy Track
Is It Right for You?
By Gail Johnson
"I thought it would be easy to stay at home," former fast-tracker Natalie Judelson admits. "I was going to make gourmet meals five nights a week. Now, I barely get dinner on the table and it's not that fancy, but that's OK. People don't realize how much work is involved when you are committed to staying home with a child."
"After six months of staying at home I couldn't believe that this was my life. I thought there had to be more to motherhood than this," Connelly says. "It took a year, but I reached out and made an effort to find other mothers like me and it really made a difference."
Mollner says one of the biggest adjustments a stay at home mother must make is learning to give up control. "For the first time in their lives, women can't control when they eat, how clean the house is or when they sleep," she says, "One way to take back some control is by living a less structured life and learning to go with the flow."
Connelly keeps her skills current by offering computer training services on a volunteer level. "Volunteering is rewarding and lets me use my brain," she says. "Having interests outside my children is important for me as well as my marriage."
Judelson says it's important to look into your heart and do whatever feels right. "I grew up with a stay-at-home mom and I was very comforted by having her home," she says. "I want to give my daughter the same wonderful memories."
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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