How to Balance Being a Working Mother

The number of working mothers increased from 57 percent in 2006 to 61 percent in 2008 in the United States with the largest numbers occurring in the southeast. Whether you're a single parent or a two-parent household, it's a juggling act to balance working for financial security and spending time with your children. The key to balancing the two is to keep the two separate from one another when possible.

Instructions

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      Allocate the hours in your day to the activities that you must accomplish. The average adult should sleep at least 8 hours a night, leaving only 16 hours for work and being a mom. Factor in the hours you're at work and the commute to and from work. If you have a half-hour commute, 9 hours automatically go to work. You have 7 hours left to dedicate completely to being a mother.

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      Dedicate the time with your children to them. Don't take calls or emails from work or stress about what is going on at work. They deserve your full attention and interaction. Talk to them, play games and go to their school and extracurricular events.

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      Let your children and significant other know when you're available to them. When you're at work, you need to dedicate your full attention to getting the job done. If you do work when you're there, you don't need to worry about it when you're at home.

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      Switch to a different shift that gives you more time with your children. If you're working a shift from 3 to 11 p.m., you have little to no time with your children, especially if they're at school. You'll have weekends to spend with your children but during the day when you come home, they're in bed and when you're leaving for work, they're just getting home.

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      Designate chores to the children and ask your spouse to aid in getting basic tasks such as doing the dishes, taking out the trash and cooking dinner. Dividing the responsibilities gives each of you more time to spend with your children.

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