The Reassurance Every Working Parent Needs To Hear
This post is sponsored by Primrose on behalf of Everywhere Agency, however all thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting brands that allow for City Peach to run full-time.
I’ve been every kind of parent and you guys probably know this, working corporate America by day and blogging at night, to staying home with my kids all day, around full circle to becoming a working parent again. And let me tell you, I’ve had that parent guilt during every stage. I’m sure most of us do it to ourselves, but we feel guilty for a reason. Because we want the absolute best for our children, whatever we believe that is, and we sacrifice so much to give that to them.
Did you know there is a National Working Parents Day? (Yes there is a day for everything) But this is indeed well deserved. This September and October, Primrose Schools is creating awareness to honor and uplift the working parent, and I’m going to help them! You can read more HERE. You might have caught my story a year ago on my journey to find our Primrose school and how/why I chose them, so I was thrilled that they became a part of a new initiative, and I am so thankful for them as a company. I have a huge peace of mind by sending my children there and don’t take it lightly because education is number one, as well as a loving environment that my children will thrive in. I’m sure you are like me and always either feel rushed or that is not enough time in life, forget in a day, to just feel like you have it all together. Or that you are maximizing your time in all aspects. You can read about real parents and their stories HERE.
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Even if we are going to feel parent guilt no matter what, here are a few quick tips on how I personally deal with it. It’s a struggle, don’t get me wrong. 76% of moms say they are so busy, they often feel they can’t finish everything they need to do in a day. I relate to this for sure. According to Pew Research, 40% of full-time working mothers say they always feel rushed. But I feel the pressure too because I’m constantly questioning myself if I am enough for my babies, am I giving enough, are they happy? Here’s something I HAVE learned. They will be well off and happy if I am happy. So I have to nurture that too, which for me is about a work/life balance. This is what prompted my decision when I took my blog full-time. I needed to make sure my business was actually running the best way it could, and to do that I needed time. This was what was going to keep me organized and professional. I couldn’t drop the ball on deadlines or take a conference call when chaos was happening on the other end at home. I could not run a fulfilling organized day on the kids’ end OR my end without the right mindset. The decision for me to become a full-time working parent again was not taken lightly and I wholeheartedly believe that our Primrose school helped me do it.
I of course went through a million options but went back to Primrose Schools, which is a national family of accredited early education and care schools serving infants through kindergarten. I have chosen them back when Jackson was an infant, and then again when I was ready to put Elston in school. Primrose aims to nurture curiosity, confidence, creativity, and compassion. The Primrose environment from everything including accreditation, technology in the classrooms, the caring staff, all the way down to the whole grain menu honestly curbs my guilty questioning at least once a week! My kids are happy. They love their friends. They are social butterflies. They bring me home the best art work. We as a family participate in school activities and go to birthday parties within the community we have met at our school. All of that keeps me going as a working parent knowing that we all work hard during the week, so we can play hard on the weekends and cherish our time all around.
Whatever form of early education or childcare that you choose as a parent, know that you are doing an amazing job. We have all vetted many schools, taken tours, spoken to so many people to seek the best for our children. This is parenting. You are working hard at your career and job, to shape the direction and life for your children that sets their own career up down the road. We as working parents are setting examples every day for time management, work ethic, and drive. They will see that by how we organize their clothes the night before, the way we will pile in the car and then start our day, and they will see this when we can reap the rewards of that work on the weekends. Just remember that this parenting thing is the hardest job in the world, so the place we go every day away from our precious babes, is just part of the bigger picture of the greater good we are doing for our world’s future.
Photos by Hannah Michelle Photography: This was so fun to share a peek into a ‘day in the life’. Whether it’s finishing up some of my work, or including them to show them a little bit of what mommy does, they see Robert and I working hard. Then as a family, we can be off to activities! This year is our first year of t-ball and we are all absolutely loving it! It’s all a whirlwind of running around, but I wouldn’t have it any other way!
I would love for you to check out this Primrose video below, because we can all use inspiration and support as a parent!
