Should I Get a Part-Time Job Now That My Kids Are Getting Older?

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🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Jennifer has been a happy stay at home mom to her 13-year-old and her 15-year old children. Now as they get older and aren't around as much Jennifer is toying with the idea of getting a part time job. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:12.4	Jennifer, welcome to the program.
0:15.0	Hi, Dr Laura, I'm so excited to talk to you.
0:17.6	I have to tell you first that my dad, my dad passed away a few years ago and when we were
0:22.3	going through his stuff we found a
0:24.5	talking Dr Laura doll. It was a lot of fun to play with. Okay so my question is this I've been married for 16 and a half
0:35.7	years I have a 15 year old and a 13 and a half year old I've been a stay at home
0:42.3	parent six months before my first baby was born and I am
0:49.2	Considering finding myself a part-time job and I'm considering finding myself a part-time job
0:56.1	because I struggle with finding myself worth. I do a lot of volunteering. I'm on our local public school board and I do a lot of
1:07.4	stuff with that. My question for you is... What could possibly give a person more self-worth
1:12.4	than what you've been doing all these years.
1:15.0	I'm flabbergasted.
1:17.0	I know. I know. I know that.
1:20.0	It's, I think it's when you are a stay-at-home mom, you start to lose part of yourself.
1:29.0	And it's...
1:30.0	No, you don't, no you don't, no you don't.
1:32.0	Okay. That's crazy. That's craziness you're saying. You don't lose anything. This is who you are.
1:40.0	Okay. You're right. You're right. You're right. You're right.
1:43.4	I think it's other people that put me in that spot and I have started to believe it.
1:49.7	That's because they're somewhere between stupid or envious.
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