The ‘right’ time to get back to work

I recently coached a mom who after five years of being a full-time mother was feeling restless and lonely. She loved spending time with her children, giving them the right upbringing, managing the house, and yet there was a niggling thought in her mind that she should return back to work and that she should do something more than being a mother. As we all know, a new mom is bombarded with information on motherhood. How to feed your child, how to make your child sleep, how to be the perfect mother! The do’s and don’ts, the must and must nots, the importance of being a good mother, spending quality time with your child, the caring, the bonding and so on. And you follow this advice given by books, by well-meaning aunts, you not only give up your job but also your friends, your hobbies, your “self” and you smile through it all as you cherish each moment with little one. Till one fine day just like that BOOM…your kids don’t need you anymore, leaving you ‘jobless,’ and you don’t know what to feel or what to do next. You scramble around trying your best to keep yourself busy. You hope they have forgotten their lunch box at home so you get an excuse to go to school. You insist that they can’t travel by themselves and you go to pick them up after their activity. But for how long? There are no classes or schools for ‘graduating moms’ and there is no fixed term of tenure either. For the full post please visit https://frommissindiatomotherhood.com/2023/04/the-right-time-to-get-back-to-work.html Photo by Alexander Dummer on Unsplash