November 5, 2013
My Career Is Motherhood

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


Posted by Staff at 12:50 PM