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30 hours a week and you're not a "working mom"?

auggiedoggyauggiedoggy
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Seriously, people.  If you're not a working mom when you're working 30 hours a week, what the heck are you?  A SAHM? Is there anyone out there who works 20 or 30 hours a week that doesn't consider herself a working mom?  I'm really curious.

FWIW, I realize this is a really divisive topic, and not in our best interest as women and mothers, but I'm just surprise nearly half of those responded think 31 hours a week is not "working".

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Re: 30 hours a week and you're not a "working mom"?

  • Melissa FeistMelissa Feist
    This surprises me too. I would call that working. I work 30 and I consider myself a working mom... I'm not at home, so...
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  • bruincouplebruincouple member
    I was surprised by that too.  I work 30, and all it means is that I get Fridays off and a couple extra hours off Monday - Thursday so I have flexibility. I still drop DS off at daycare and go to work for the majority (4 days) or the week. 
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  • EastCoastBrideEastCoastBride member
    I actually think people chose that more because 20 hours wasn't an option.  If you read the responses, 20 or more hours was mentioned a lot. 
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  • Amy SchrammAmy Schramm

    That is insulting. ?It's nice to see that working women don't support those of us who are lucky enough to work part-time. ??


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  • makclairmakclair member

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    imageEastCoastBride:
    I actually think people chose that more because 20 hours wasn't an option.  If you read the responses, 20 or more hours was mentioned a lot. 
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  • katy75katy75

    I wouldn't get too upset over that only because of the options given.  It was 10 hours and then 32 hours with nothing in between.

    Anywho...  it's a touchy subject and everyone has their own opinion and no one is probably going to change their minds. 

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  • 14years14years

    imageEastCoastBride:
    I actually think people chose that more because 20 hours wasn't an option.  If you read the responses, 20 or more hours was mentioned a lot. 

    I think this is exactly right.  I'm one of the people who picked 32 because there wasn't an option between 10 and 32.  

    Technically, of course, if you have a job other than your children, you are a working mom.  In answering the poll, I was focused on deciding at what point is a woman working "enough" (for lack of a better word) that I probably have a lot the same concerns as she does... And I do think that's pretty far above 10 hours per week but probably not quite as high as 32 per week.  

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  • mrshutchmrshutch
    That surprises me too. I work full time, but I consider anyone who works part-time to be working moms as well. I think all moms who work, regardless of the number of hours, get what it is to have to find childcare, leave the kid(s), and work outside of the home. I guess when I hear "working mom" I immediately picture those who work full-time, but that's not to say those are the only working moms.
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  • hiltyn78hiltyn78 member

    imagemrshutch:
    when I hear "working mom" I immediately picture those who work full-time, but that's not to say those are the only working moms.

    ditto.  Chill out PT-ers.  Some of us FT ones are just jealous!

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  • mauceddiemauceddie

    LOL. I work 24 hours a week and consider myself a working mom.

     

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  • kbs0929kbs0929 member
    imagehiltyn78:

    imagemrshutch:
    when I hear "working mom" I immediately picture those who work full-time, but that's not to say those are the only working moms.

    ditto.  Chill out PT-ers.  Some of us FT ones are just jealous!

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  • duchess0727duchess0727
    I agree w/ PP - I think people were looking for the 20 hour + option.  Basically the answer most people have is if you are working more days than you are home, you are a working mom. 
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  • tosababytosababy

    I was one of the ones looking for a 20 hour/week option.

    I totally agree that if you work at all you're a working mom.  But if you work less than full time, you don't face exactly the same issues as those that do (i.e., needing to take vacation/sick time for every dr. appointment/school appointment, etc. never having a catch up day).  I just figured that was more of the gist of the poll than to say that someone who worked part time wasn't a working mom.  Really, this was not something to get upset about. 

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  • auggiedoggyauggiedoggy
    Ha!  I'm not upset, just confused.  I didn't read anything leading up to the poll, so didn't know that it somehow supposed to be related to the struggles faced by full-time working moms.  Working 5 hours/week is very different than 20, which is very different than full-time.  I totally agree.  I guess I don't see how it relates to the label "working mom", which is what the poll question asked. 
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