Working mums – feeling guilty for working?
JANUARY 29, 2016
Very interesting results from a poll of 2000 women carried out as part of a recent radio publicity survey:
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Almost 90% of women said that they felt guilt for having to leave their children to go to work
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71% said that they worried constantly that working away from their children could affect their school performance and quality of life
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72% of women feel that their children would be healthier and happier if they worked from home
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71% of women said that it was important to them to have their own personal income separate from their partner
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54% said that their family would be happier if they worked from home more often
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62% feel that they have absolutely no other choice but to abandon their children to go to their day jobs
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80% of these 2,000 women said that they had to be “superheroes” in order to balance the demands of an office day job and a home life and that working away from their families due to inflexible business practices was harming their children in the long run


