Monday, November 19, 2007

Strategies to overcome guilt and disappointment


Try to focus not on what you’re missing by being at work, but on the benefits that your job can provide for the family: money, self-respect, a better life.

And if you’re enjoying your job, share those feelings with your kids. Talk about the incentives of your work, what good things happened during the day at work and what you enjoy most. Bring them to your workplace and let them meet your colleagues, show them what you do everyday so they can understand this other role you play.

The sacrifices you make now are worthwhile when you realized your children have grown into balanced and healthy individuals who can identify with both your working and parenting selves.

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