Posts tagged working mom
Day Care Drop Off: How to Pick a Facility to Care for Your Little One
Day Care Drop Off: How to Pick a Facility to Care for Your Little One

As schools start up for the new school year, you may be thinking about the need for daycare for your little one. About 70% of primary care givers work outside the home, but according to a 2019 survey, half of families have difficulty finding childcare. Why is it so hard to find good care?! There are so many options: daycare centers, in home care, family babysitters, nannies, and even au pairs. But, there are so many things to consider when trying to decide who will watch your baby while you’re away at work!

Since daycare centers are the most popular option, let’s take a look at 10 things you should consider before you enroll your child.

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Mom ResourcesCindy Currydaycare, child care, working mom, preschoolComment
Who Am I? Remembering Your True Identity as You Adjust to a New Role as Mom
Who Am I? Remembering Your True Identity as You Adjust to a New Role as Mom

How do you introduce yourself? Daughter? Sister? Friend? Athlete? Musician? Student? Co-Worker? Girlfriend? Wife? There’s nothing wrong with any of these labels, and most of us are comfortable using many of these identifiers at the same time. But when we add “Mom” to that list, the waters get muddied. We’re excited to become moms… until we try to figure out what it means for us as individuals.

Working mom. Stay-at-home mom. Single mom. These labels somehow seem more intense. If I’m a working mom, how do I make time for my kids? If I’m a stay-at-home mom, will I miss being in an office and spending time with co-workers? If I’m a single mom, how do I figure out how to pull it all together? Especially when children are young, many moms wonder when they’ll have time to shower much less keep up with their “previous” lives. But as women, we often want to be all things to all people all the time. We stress ourselves out trying to have and do it all.

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Mom ResourcesCindy Currymom, identity, working mom, stay at home mom, newborn, child of God, daughter of GodComment