Re-evaluate I recently interrupted my career by having my first child. I always thought that I would go back to work, but now I am unsure. Somewhere in the previous century our culture transferred motherhood from reverence to disrepute. Where mothers were once honored, and rightly so, as foundational to a healthy society, they are now relegated to a subservient, nonproductive status. This misperception is, perhaps, the key to the moral and ethical dismantling of our society.
Many mothers feel that their families are economically bound to their careers.
Consider the added expenses of taxes, clothing, vehicle, child care, medical, dining out, etc., and residual income usually amounts to only 10-15 percent of the second salary. I sympathize and pray for those of you without a choice. Make no mistake, motherhood is more challenging and more important than any other job in the world. In old age, your baby will remember you for how much you were with him or her, not how long you were at work. The rewards of a job last until the paycheck is gone.