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| I also am a teacher who works full time. It is hard because it is not like I have a desk job or a layed back job. When I get home I am completely exhausted; physically form standing and bending down all day and mentally from dealing with 28 second graders all day. I get home and I being chasing after my 2 year old until he goes to bed. I empathize with all working moms no matter what the job but especially teachers because you are with kids all day and then come home to your own. |
| Posted by amy on 06/22/2008 09:14 PM
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| I totally agree with you. I teach 4th grade and wish I could stay up late or go out to dinner and a movie with my stay at home mom friends. I just won't be able to put on my dog and pony show and I will feel that I neglect my two children. Although, I wouldn't trade my life unless you are a teacher and a parent you just don't "get" it. |
| posted by Trina on 07/06/2008 11:26 PM
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| What things have you done or tried to make your life easier during the school year? I am not a neat freak, but I like my house organized and somewhat clean. I try not to stress, but it is hard to let things go. My husband helps out a little but does not cook. He just doesn't get it how busy I am at school and how tired I get. Maybe I need a cleaning lady:) |
| posted by amy on 07/07/2008 09:16 PM
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Hi,
I'm a teacher too and it is hard teaching all day and coming home and doing everything at home. I teach Kindergarten so they are VERRRRRRRRRRRY needy and when I get home I need "my time". |
| posted by Donna on 07/15/2008 05:14 PM
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| I too teach and after dealing with special ed students all day and all the testing and paper work and bs that comes with the job, I then have to do battle with my almost 6 year old daughter who already hates to do school work and a 4 year old son who has cognitive and developmental delays himself being a premie baby. Then my husband comes home and although he does do things around the house to help like laundry, cook and he will wash the floors...he offers nothing more than giving the kids a bath as to engaging with the children. That is truly the help I need. I need down time without having to deal with kids. Not a long time mind you but maybe 30 mins. to myself to unwind. He gets angry with me if I sit on the computer for a minute. I wish he'd interact more with the kids, read to them, play with them. They don't even know they can ask him to get them a drink or help them go potty because he doesnt do anything with them. |
| posted by Lauren on 07/16/2008 08:31 AM
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I am a first grade teacher and a mom of a 2 year old. I am really enjoying our few months together this summer. I miss him a lot during the day while I am away with my "other kids" at school.
One thing that I have found with my husband is not to tell him what to do but give him two options of what needs to be done. For example: I need dishes done and Jordan needs a bath which one do you want? I think it doesn't sound so demanding of me and he feels like he gets a choice. Its amazing how the same tactics work with our husbands that work with our kids. LOL although I feel he should see what needs to be done and don't understand how he sits and watches me work around him with out thinking humm maybe I need to get up to. :>O But I can't work miracles so I have found a way around it :>) |
| posted by JaNel on 07/16/2008 03:11 PM
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| JaNel, that is a great technique. I used what I saw and Super Nanny. I put up a shart on the fridge that had three columns labeled "My responsibilites, His responsibilities, and Shared responsibilities" I originally called him over and placed the laminated magnetic chores on the bored according to which column they belonged. He noticed that I was doing mostly everything from taking care of the bills, household chores and the children. I then told him that something had to give before our marriage did. That woke him up. He then picked up some of the slack and started taking on more responsibilites, by gripe was that he choose the items that really had little to do with the children. I only wish he would do more with the kids and engage in activities that included them. They don't even know they can ask him for things because he is never there to do them. |
| posted by Lauren on 07/16/2008 08:51 PM
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