Working Moms on Shine

Working moms are losing custody

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Oh, great. It's not enough that this working mom already feels guilty about not spending enough time with my kids. Now here's another bit of info I'm going to stash away and hopefully never use ...

Being a working mom is not looked on too favorably by the courts during custody…

Don't We Working Moms Have it All?

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I'm lying on the bed…

The laws of working motherhood

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We've all heard about Murphy's Law (whatever can go wrong, will). And the Law of Average s (everything evens out in the end). And Newton's Third Law of Motion (every action has an equal and opposite reaction).

Well, The Laws of Working Moms incorporate a little bit of each -- and then some. To wit:

1.) If you have an early meeting, or if the children need to be at school early for a field trip or other event, someone will be up at least twice during the night -- which means you will be, too.

2.) The toddler will sneeze mightily in your face the day before he comes down with a ferocious cold.

3.) Your kids' school or daycare will shut down due to Swine Flu the week after your kids have been out sick with a cold. (Corollary: Your kids will not have the H1N1/Swine Flu virus.)

A new kind of mom-guilt: feeling guilty for not feeling guilty

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Unfortunately, most the moms I know tend to take on a lot of, mostly unfounded and unnecessary, "mother guilt."

So I was so happy, when asked the other day about putting my kids in more child care, that I realized I didn't feel guilty.

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User post: How much would you pay for exceptional daycare?

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I understand that moms these days have to work, with the way that the economy is going. I am a stay-at-home mom of four children. I absolutely love kids and have been doing daycare off and on for about 10 years. I am just curious to see what other moms pay out for what they think is great…