Why Working Mothers are on an Emotional Rollercoaster

August 19th, 2011 - By Victoria Uwumarogie

One minute, working moms are loving the time they spend at home on the weekends playing with their little ones, running errands–having that good ‘ol quality time. But it’s funny, because according to moms who participated in TODAY and Parenting.com’s Mom Secret’s survey, when Monday comes and it’s time to go back work, many are excited to get out of the house. You know, leave the 24-hour stresses of motherhood behind for the 8+ hour stresses of work. Or “freedom” of work. It depends what mother you ask.

26,000 mothers took part in the survey, with a whopping 74 percent of participants being those who work outside of the home. Safe to say, results were VERY interesting, but it was clear that many mothers like the balance of working outside of the home, while others might like it a little too much…

Some findings include:

    • 42 percent of moms said they’d rather get a 50 percent raise at work than spend 50 percent more time with their kids.
    • 20 percent say they judge other moms who work too much
    • Nearly one-third of moms admit to using work as an excuse to get out of child care.

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  • alicia

    I am a working mom of a 7month old baby, only because i have to be. It kills me to go to work every day but in today’s economy many women have to work to help support the family. I am more traditional in my way of thinking…i would love to be a housewife & stay at home mom. Not because im lazy-all u moms out there know what a full-time, 24/7 job parenting is. But since i have to work and therefore we share the responsibility of taking care of bills, i dont think its unreasonable to ask the spouse to help with the kids and the housework. Unfortunately for myself & many other working moms, when we get home from work we often are still expected to do most of the cooking/cleaning/laundry/taking care of the kids. How is that fair? The man no longer honors his side to provide for the family but expects his wife to help him in that and still fulfill her role as housewife. You know, maybe a lot of the drug/violence/disobedience we see in the younger generation these days would not be an issue if moms/or parent of some sort was still around instead of out chasing the dollar. So all u women who want that career thats fine if its what u want, and i hope ur husband supports you. But for those of us who have to work to supplement husbands income-the man needs to step up and stop expecting us to do it all!!

  • BK Chica

    Get your kids right for school http://bit.ly/qRpKPk

  • Kendra

    @headsmackaroni clearly to you the appropriate thing to do with children is pawn the off on someone else, perhaps you should get a vasectomy idiot.

  • Bren

    Yep, being a working mother isn't without its challenges. Not only might you have to come home from work to take care of your child; there is also cooking, cleaning, laundry, preparing the child(ren)'s outfit(s) for the following day, getting yourself ready for the following day, making lunch for you, your child AND your spouse/partner (if present) for the following day….the list goes on and on. And THEN by the time you have time for yourself, it's already 11:30pm or 12 am. Gotta go to bed.

  • Jess

    Thats one reason I'm contemplating having kids or not. I know right now I care too much about my career and moving up and on top of that, there are some personal goals I want to accomplish. If I did become a mother, I would want to primarily raise my child. I can't imagine putting my child under 1 yo in a daycare. I just couldn't see how any mom would want to leave their little child, especially infants, with someone else to take care of, for hours. I wouldn't even trust family with my child that young and I definitely don't wanna live in the town my parents live in. I would want to be a stay at home mom until all my kids are in school and then only work part-time until they have graduated high school.

  • sweettea

    @headcase people get divorced and husbands die all the time. That leaves women with children they they have to work to support. Not every single working mother started out that way.

  • HeadSmackeroni

    Oh well, too bad, so sad.

    Can't handle working and being a mother than maybe keep your legs closed ladies.
    You have more than enough options to prevent pregnancy, or get rid of a pregnancy, you don't have the right to complain.

    So shut up.

    • Bren

      Are you a working parent because judging by the insensitve comment you made, you're not and probably shouldn't be! Life is not without it's challenges. Raising a child, or children, in ITSELF is NOT an easy task. There are several reasons as to why a mother would have to work to take care of their child. I believe that this article was written to show working mother's that they aren't alone in this challenge. The article wasn't meant to bash working mothers but unfortunately your blinders caused you to see it this way. You have no right to tell a woman to keep her legs closed if she can't handle it. Who died and made you God! Find some business. Better yet, how about you disappear.

      • HeadSmackeroni

        No I am engaged to be married to a woman with no children.
        We will be married with children, because we both want children.

        If something happens and I or she is left alone (a death would be the only cause really) then she will be set already because she has my family and their money, and has been working her whole life like me.

        Where do women get off these days thinking they get away with not working? try paying a bill or two, does wonders for your self esteem.

        • tina

          No, no to everything you have said. NoNONONONONONONONONONO.

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  • Kamara

    What's the point of this article? Highlighting an age-old dilemma? It add's nothing to any corpus of knowledge- it's like buying a used textbook and underlining what's already been highlighted.

  • Francisana

    great tips and good article overall..

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  • Kellz

    Yes.. This article is for me.. Love it