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11/05/2013
Dear Dr. Laura,
My high school daughter's homework assignment was to ask her parents if they went to college and how many career changes they had made: Did going to college or not, make a difference in their career path? I have always regretted not going to college. At first, I told my daughter I made four career changes in my life. I worked at jobs that allowed my children to always be at home with either me or my husband. I am not a fan of day care. I did not want to pay someone else to do the job I wanted which was raising my children.
After thinking about this, I told my daughter to change my response to, "I have had one career and that is being your mother." This change in my perception has given me new found confidence. I am very proud of the career I have chosen. I have been on the job for 25 years. I have two sons in college and teenage daughter who is my sunshine. She wants to be a mother someday and the careers that she is most interested in are the ones that will allow her to be a full time mom. I think I can count this as a successful career for me.
Please pass this on to any mom who feels unsuccessful because she is putting her children first instead of her career. Motherhood is a career!
Christina
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