Has anyone ever criticized you for being a Working Mother?
`Yes. One of our children is hyperactive and the school said that
this could be because we’re working parents and the child goes to a minder.’
Alison, 37, senior registrar (obstetrics & gynaecology)
`My second husband criticized me for not being like his mother. Yet he put me in the position where I had to work, by not being able to support us to the level I expected at that time.’
Charlotte, so, probation officer
`My mother-in-law has criticized me: “It’s amazing the price the young are prepared to pay for the privilege of not having to look after their own offspring.”‘
Rona, 28, researcher for Executive Search Agency
`Husband’s grandmother, who thinks women these days are too quick to send their children to nurseries etc. so that they, selfishly, can work. She forgets that she had a nanny and did not even work’
Nicola, 29, antique furniture restorer
`One person (a woman older than me with no children) actually told me that she didn’t agree with working mums. I said if she paid my mortgage, I’d go home. 18 months later she had a baby and went straight back to work!’
Lynne, 33, student (more…)
