Saturday, 2 November 2013

Balancing home and work is the mother of all challenges!

Cossima Marriner draws attention to the struggles Collette Dinnigan, Melissa Doyle, Kasey Chambers and Nicola Roxon have had as working mums. 

It is a delicate  balancing act for many with nearly 1/3 of full time mums dissatisfied according to the University of South Australia's centre for Work + Life. 

Mother guilt, financial pressures would be rated high in the stressors these women experience. 

Partners are often vital in helping share the load but often have not heard their partners distress or complaints. I believe this is not because they don't care rather they see this as 'venting' and probably can't find any solution so silence reigns supreme. 

Share more to understand and ask more of what is needed is my suggestion to partners in the counseling room.