Working mothers

Who are these mothers, Vampirequeen? Are they a pressure group? I haven't seen anything about them in the news so can you tell me their name?

I'd like to know who they are too, because I haven't been able to find any link to the OP.

It depends what you mean by 'affording' to stay at home. Parents/families above quite a low threshold don't get any support to go to work. For many, the short-term financial benefits of going to work are marginal because of high childcare costs.

In any case, there's more than being able to afford to stay at home. It's about women having equal opportunities, rights and responsibilities and being in a position to support themselves and their children. Nobody would even query whether men should work continuously.

I also think some of the posts directed at working mothers have been downright offensive. I don't feel guilty about returning to work and putting my children into a nursery, because I have absolutely nothing to feel guilty about. Anti-abortionists use the same tactics. My children were happy children and have turned into happy, confident, well-balanced young adults.

I respect people's right to stay at home with young children if they want and it's financially viable, but I do object when those same people tell others how virtuous they were and then lecture others with different priorities. I've never been an extremist feminist, but I think I might be heading in that direction . It's not only men who can be misogynists.

well said that daphnedill. You are so right about misogynists not all being male - just look at the women who supported Trump for example.
There is something particularly unpleasant about the way in which some women patronise, criticise and judge other women with such ease.

Yes, quite, Daphnedill & Iam64. We should be supporting the next generation of parents to raise their children - they're the ones who'll be looking after us in our old age!

It was just a report on the BBC morning news the other day but I haven't seen or heard it since. Must have been one of those slot in reports they do until something else crops up.