How to Make Your Working-Mom Life Work

Offers some stay-sane tips.

1. Give up the guilt.
It's a waste to spend family time stressing about being away from home. Remember that working is providing for your family--financially, of course, but also because it builds your self-esteem, which can make you more confident in your parenting decisions.

2. Make the job work for you.
Even if your company doesn't have flexible work policies, it might be open to them. Write a proposal for your boss that spells out what you're asking for, how you'd make it work, and how it would benefit your employer. If you're shift worker, would it be okay to trade shifts to get a coworker to cover for you.? If you're an office worker, could you share your office and therefore save the company money? They might turn you down, but it's worth asking. read more...