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Advice For Working Mothers: Don’t Feel So Guilty

by Sandra Foyt on

in Changing The World

Here’s to all the working mothers out there

All of you are doing a fantastic work. No, your kids will not turn into delinquents, they will be just fine.

Visibly you may feel contrary to that, and always feel like you’re not living up to the expectations of your children, or the standards you set for yourself to be a good mom. Not to forget your peers, family and your community. When I was expecting my first child, a lot of people told me about the risks of feeling guilty afterwards, but considering how I grew up with an immense amount of guilt that comes with being a Catholic, I couldn’t get myself to pay a lot of attention to it, and then it happened; I became a mother and during my tenure as a mother, I had to pay more attention to my graduate studies in order to start a new career; that was the time when mother’s guilt eventually started creeping in, it became that friend who constantly reminds of your mistakes. In no time, I started realizing that the sole purpose of having children was to improve my life, not to subjugate my moral sense.

I realized that it is time to take back my basic right to enjoy a life with children, in order to so. I had to find out the force that was driving the mother’s guilt. You can find the 5 ways to accept your shortcomings as a mother and focus your energy on what really matters: telling your kids how they matter, paying attention to them and making sure nothing is troubling them. The 5 ways can be found below.

Accept Compromises

Once you start combining your role as a mother and your career together, there will always be compromises to make. As a mother, and a grown, sensible adult, it is your duty to accept compromises without letting them bother you.

You Don’t Have to Be the Greatest Mother

Mothers are often found racing to be the greatest; well, it’s time you should stop. Being the greatest mother isn’t something you will be rewarded for. Chances are your children will still love you as much as they already do even if you end up becoming the president.

Don’t Let Anyone Guilt-Trip You

Being a working mother has its own perks, with these perks, there will be people who are ready to guilt-trip you, they’ll say all sorts of stuff to lower your spirits. It is a really good advice to not let anyone do that to you.

Be Fully Present for Your Kids

Being a working mother means you can’t be around your kids 24/7, however, that doesn’t mean you won’t be around them at all. Once you’re spending time with your kids, make sure you don’t let any work related obstacle distract you from spending quality time with your kids.

Family Travel for Social Good / Familia de viajes para el bien social

by Sandra Foyt on

in Changing The World, Family Travel, Spanish Friday

Siempre ha sido mi sueño de compartir una vacación de voluntariado con mi familia.

Así que cuando me enteré de que LATISM, la organización de los latinos en los medios de comunicación social, estaba planeando proyectos de desarrollo sostenible en la República Dominicana este verano, me parecio que este programa va ser perfecto para nuestra primera vacación de voluntariado

Ana Roca-Castro describes the LATISM Sustainable Development Projects

Me enteré de LATISM de Ana Roca-Castro, editor de Kids Fun Plaza y fundador de LATISM, . Un líder de la comunidad, Ana es el que me llevó a pensar en los emprendimientos sociales. Ella me ayudó a definir una idea que habíaestado lanzando en mi cabeza que es para crear un cambio social con los principiosempresariales (más sobre esto otra vez!)

Proyectos de desarrollo sostenible LATISM son tres: un campamento de verano, la construcción de una sala de informática, y la conexión a través de Libros Mamá Mamá. Ese es el que realmente me emociona porque creo que las herramientas de medios sociales ofrecen oportunidades sin precedentes para contratar y para permitir a las organizaciones de base a través de un modelo ecológico hiper-conectado de comunicación.

Si bien tengo muchas ganas a la tutoría una bloggera, a mis hijos ya están planificando varios talleres que esperan al plomo. Hasta el momento, se habla de los talleres se centró en los cómics, hacer videos, y skimboard.

No estoy exactamente seguro de lo que nos estamos metiendo, pero sé que será una aventura!

Interesados ​​en aprender más sobre Sostenible LATISM de Proyectos de Desarrollo? Haga clic aquí para obtener más información.

Participe:
Incluso si usted no puede asistir a la República Dominicana este verano, hay un númerode maneras de participar en este proyecto. Aquí están algunas ideas en el blog LATISM:

  • Organizar una colección de útiles escolares, juguetes y ordenadores portátiles usados​​,cámaras flip y cámaras digitales en su Tweetup LATISM siguiente, en la iglesia, sutrabajo, familia de la escuela, o en cualquier lugar donde usted tiene influencia.
  • Alquiler de las mamás y los adolescentes campamento entrenará prestación de servicios cibernéticos.
  • Comprar los productos de la LATISM Sostenible de comercio electrónico cuando esté listo a finales del verano

Family Travel for Social Good

It has always been my dream to share a volunteer vacation with my family.

So when I heard that LATISM, the nonprofit organization of Latinos in Social Media, was launching sustainable development projects in the Dominican Republic this summer, I jumped right on it.

I first heard about LATISM from Kids Fun Plaza publisher and LATISM founder, Ana Roca-Castro. An inspiring community leader, Ana is the one who got me to thinking about social entrepreneurship. She helped me define an idea that I had been tossing around in my head which is to create social change using entrepreneurial principles (more on that another time!)

LATISM’s sustainable development projects are threefold: a summer camp, building a cyber room, and connecting through Mama por Mama. That’s the one that really excites me as I believe that social media tools offer unprecedented opportunities to engage and enable grassroots organizations through a hyper-connected ecological model of communication.

While I’m looking forward to mentoring a bloggera, my kids are already planning several workshops that they hope to lead. So far, there is talk of workshops focused on comic books, making videos, and skimboarding.

I’m not exactly sure what we’re getting ourselves into, but I know that it will be an adventure!

Interested in learning more about LATISM’s Sustainable Development Projects? Click here for more information.

Get Involved:

Even if you can’t make it to the Dominican Republic this summer, there are a number of ways to be involved in this project. Here are a few ideas from the LATISM blog:

  • Organize a collection of school supplies, toys and used laptops, flip cameras and digital cameras in your next LATISM Tweetup, at church,  your job, family, school or anywhere where you have influence.
  • Hire the moms and camp teens we will train to provide cyber services.
  • Buy the products from the LATISM Sustainable e-commerce when it’s ready at the end of the summer

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