I feel like a failure

Re: I feel like a failure

• MamaAllison member

  March 2014

  Hugs! Teaching is super hard! I know the feeling of not being able to devote the time that you want to your job b/c of your family, and the frustration that causes. And of course you need to put your LOs first! I actually applaud you for having the guts to do what is best for your family right now! I'd also add that the way you feel might also be a function of your particular school or district. I've felt like that before but now I work in a private school and I'm back to loving what I do!

  DD1 - Evelyn Riley - 9/30/11

  DD2 - Charlotte Avery - 1/27/14

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• jf198400 member

  March 2014

  We've all been there. You are so incredibly fortunate to be able to stay home with your baby. I've been stuck in jobs I hate before and financially I had to work. Just do the best you can til the end of the year and start counting down the days.

  
  
  
  
  

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• Klavanga74 member

  March 2014

  I can sympathize...it's REALLY hard to balance. Especially once you have two kids. I have two older kids that are in elementary school and I PROMISE you that there WILL be much more time for your career in a few years. Whether to work or not is such an individual decision for each family...please don't feel you're failing. I am due in October and one of the things I am most looking forward to is the perspective that having a 10 and 12 yo gives me. When they are so small, you feel like time is trudging by and then all of a sudden it's gone. S, hopefully with all the trials and joys this time around, I will be able to keep that perspective in mind. I now work a thriving business from home that fits around the kid's schedule and will fit really well with the baby's schedule, it's both professionally fulfilling but doesn't take tons of time, and really contributes to our bottom line. Feel free to message me if you want to hear more, but in the meantime, know that the job you are doing with your kids is very important and there will be time for the career of your dreams later, if that's what's best for your family! Best of luck!

  
  

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• bcnoelle member

  March 2014

  I think that you figured out what's best for yourself and your family and thats what important. In the mean time, I would try to give 100% towards work in the final stretch. Hopefully it will make the days pass by quicker and your colleagues/employers might take notice in case you find yourself in a position where you want to or need to return to the worm force.

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• Stillharbor member

  March 2014

  Take it from a fellow teacher and a new momma. You have nothing to feel bad about. Especially if you have a tougher class. There are years when I was sure it was going to be my last. Unfortunately, MH and I can't pay all of LO's hospital bills on just his salary. Let me encourage you to put that positive feeling, that you only have a nine weeks left and you'll be able to spend the time with you LO, into this last push. I know, I know, easier said than done, but you'll find that it'll be easier to deal with your class and you can make the plan on "cleaning out" your classroom by doing it a little at a time in that last month. Congrats on your permanent summer break!

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