Just a mother

07/07/2008 by Tina.

They say in order to write a good CV you should explain any gaps in your work history, so maybe parenthood should be included. After all, it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done and I learnt more from being a mother than from any job I’ve had or course I’ve been on!

Might look a little like this (for mother please also read father as this applies to them too):

Job title: Mother

Date (from/to): 1986 - death

Employer’s name and address: Masters Aary, Ben & Tom - Home

Hours: 12.00am - 12.00pm

Main duties: Nurse maid, cook, confidante, launderer, bank, taxi driver, cleaner, bed maker, medication dispenser, counsellor, referree, juggler, teacher, crutch, bottomless pit of money and patience….

Isn’t it a shame when all those valuable skills are not recognised and are lumped together as being “just a mother”, as if that is something less than even the most menial of jobs. And often it’s us mothers who are the worst offenders for demoting ourselves - “I’m just a mother”; “I’m only a housewife”; and the corker “Oh I don’t work, I’m just at home with the kids”! Don’t work? Give me a full time job any day - at least by law you get a lunch break and annual leave!!

So no “just” or “only” about it really. Maybe it’s time to stop using those words and stand up and be counted for what we are and what skills we possess.

Might even put parenthood on my CV……..

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