I have got a job interview on Friday at 2pm for my dream job but i am having sleepless nights about it !!!!!!
The problem is the job is 40 miles away so about an hour on the motorway. I am a single parent with two small children so I am worried about them being left with childminders again!!!! On the plus side it is £13k a year more than my last job. I really do need to work and there doesnt seem to be anything else locally happening. I am business analyst so not that many jobs around at the mo.
I am really torn at the moment I need to go back to the corporate world so that i can provide for my children but the downside of that is that I love my children more than anything and the thought of leaving them with childminders again fills me with dread.
How do I solve this???????????????????
From a childless student's point of view, I can still see your dilemma. However, as your children get older I'm sure they will appreciate your current efforts as it means they can have a more comfortable existence where they will want for nothing.
I was on treehuggermums.co.uk (not sure if it's a plural or not) the other day, and they have a few articles on staying attached to your children whilst you work away, and how to make the time you do have with them extra special so that they know just how much you care for them. Maybe check these articles out?
I think you can be a corporate single mum whilst still loving your children to bits and providing them with a fab life - all you need is love!! 🙂
Good luck with your job interview, and try to get some sleep! Things will work themselves out in the end.
Love,
Sarah x
are you feeling guilty about leaving them with a child minder?
are your children filled with dread at the thought of it - or are your projecting your worries on them?
If you have to work you have to work - no two ways about it!
Maybe get a child minder you are more comfortable with?
Your children won't think you love them less just because you are going to work....
Even just take the job and sure if it doesn't work out you can always leave...you may as well see how it goes....
best of luck and try to relax and unwind a bit x
Hi
Again I'm not experienced in your situation, but I watched a documentary on childcare the other night on Panorama I think, they concluded that it is very much down to the quality of care children receive (regardless of whom this care is from, so long as it makes the child feel stimulated, safe and cared for then it is fine).
The programme was really interesting, you might be able to catch it on BBC iplayer as it was not long ago I watched it.
Grandparents possibly?