Are you planning to work when you have kids or are you taking on the task of caring for your little ones 24/7?

By EmpowHER March 5, 2015 - 6:50pm

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View the story "Are you planning to work when you have kids or are you taking on the task of caring for your little ones 24/7?" on StorifyAre you planning to work when you have kids or are you taking on the task of caring for your little ones 24/7?#HERchat Question 7 from March 5, 2015.Storified by #HERchat· Fri, Mar 06 2015 01:50:16

A7. Karla plans to spend some time with her baby, then enroll in culinary school within a year. http://t.co/94lDv9EnfO #HERchat @Aprofamkangu.org@EmpowHER A7: working moms, too, with the added guilt of not being there. #HERchatKay BohnenA7. Kids are definitely a 24/7 job. Moms who work from home or are "#housewives" also have a lot on their plate. Agree? #herchatEmpowHERA7. Esperanza, a #KanguMama from #Mexico, stays in the home with her children http://t.co/vhp1YX81kW #HERchat @Mexfam @EWardRDkangu.org@EmpowHER I'd say caring for your little ones 24/7 IS work! I found leaving the house a few days a week to work a fine balance. #herchatElizabeth Ward

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Misty Jacobs HERWriter

For me, staying home with my children was a priority, and we lived a simpler life than our double income friends for a long time. Not always easy. And while I would do it again, the consequences as far as missing career years were much bigger than I understood when I started staying home in my late twenties.

March 7, 2015 - 8:03pm

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Maryann Gromisch RN Guide

Parenting is a full-time job. The choice to be a stay at home mother or to work outside the home is a personal choice for each woman. I chose to be a stay at home mom and have no regrets.

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March 6, 2015 - 9:28am