Empowering women with a positive attitude to being a working parent
Working mums have a balancing act to play and can feel a sense of guilt at being away from their kids, or being with their kids when they have work to do. There are ways to do more than just survive through these parenting years and below are some resources to help.
Websites Offering Support:
Working Families
helps working parents and carers and their employers find a better balance between responsibilities at home and work. The Legal Helpline gives parents and carers advice on employment rights such as maternity and paternity leave, rights to time off in an emergency, shared parental leave and parental leave, as well as helping them to negotiate the flexible hours they want. They can give basic advice on the benefits and tax credits that working parents can claim. They also give advice on maternity discrimination and pregnancy discrimination.
They also work with employers to support them in creating workplaces which encourage work-life balance for everyone.
Books on this subject:
The Working Parents’ Guide
Raising happy, confident children doesn’t have to be a challenging undertaking! . Through a series of practical tools, bestselling parenting coach Nadim Saad draws on the latest research in child psychology, neuroscience and leadership, to show time-poor parents how to deal with everyday parenting challenges effectively and make family life less stressful and more enjoyable.
- Help your children to become happy, confident and responsible
- Gain greater influence at home and in the workplace by adopting best practices from leadership
- Quickly learn and apply step-by-step solutions to common parenting challenges including whining and arguing, homework battles, tantrums and lack of cooperation
- Build a stronger relationship with your children and maintain it as they grow
- Discover a 5-Week Programme to becoming a calm and confident parent
This book aims to help you to make sure that the time you spend with your kids really counts.
Part-Time Working Mummy: A Patchwork Life
Want to know the truth about what life is like as a mum and step-mum with a chaotic patchwork family?
This book is everything I’ve been through that’s made me who I am, plus the lessons I’ve learned from many mistakes. I hope that it will make you laugh as well as give you strength to keep going when times get tough. After all, we are all in this together…
Rachaele, aka Part-Time Working Mummy
Hundreds of thousands of fans flock to the Part-Time Working Mummy page for its heartfelt posts, honest accounts of complicated family life and its appeal to ‘bring parents together to support each other through all the sh*t that life throws at us!’.
This book channels the amazing spirit of the page, with Rachaele sharing behind-the-scenes experiences that have shaped her own views on parenting and life; packed with personal stories and lessons learned, it’s about the best, the worst and the ok times in a ‘normal’ family.
As well as tackling subjects like single parenthood, patchwork families, unexpected pregnancy, domestic violence and bullying, the book ultimately spreads a message of kindness amidst the chaos and inspires you to change the world for the better – and, of course, a good laugh to see you through the tough times!
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