Can you be a workaholic and a good mother at the same time?

Hi there plumfrance! I am not yet a parent. However, I do have opinions on this issue. I believe that a mother can be workaholic but still can be a good mother. I do have some friends and colleagues that spend much of their time for work. But despite that, they still manage to have quality time for their children. I believe that it is a matter of how one manages their time. I do have friends who work from Monday to Friday and so they devote their Saturday and Sunday for their children. Sometimes, they would even take their children out on a Friday evening to watch a movie or have dinner in a restaurant. Most of my colleagues work until Saturday and so they make sure that their Sunday is devoted to their children. I see that my friends call their children or text them to ask how they are doing and things like that.

I think it will be really hard to balance these two things because both require time and our time is only limited. We have to make choices, to spend time at work, or to spend time with our kids. I personally would want to spend more time with my kids but I need to generate income enough so that our expenses will be met so I need to spend more time with work. I am hoping that this will only be a temporary situation and that soon enough I can choose to be with my kids instead.

I hope I can be. I know it's very difficult but I vow to make it happen. I am a single Mom and I work for myself and my baby. Right now, my baby and I are living with my parents, but something happened this evening that might force my baby and I to move out from my parents' house. When that day comes, it will be very hard to work and take care of my baby at the same time for I will be alone in doing it. Still, I am going to try my best, I don't know how, but I will give everything... hoping God will not forsake me this time.

im not going to say you cant be a good mother but it is hard to be

While I believe you can be good at everything if you plan and execute accordingly, I must also say that parenting is a full time job. Kids need the care the most because often they don't know what they want. being a good mother has many factors involved. the first and foremost being the fact that you have to be there for the kid when the kid needs you the most. That may be when he cant find a toy that he likes very much or even when he wants to go potty. Being accessible is the most important factor in being a good mother. Once you are accessible all other factors can be worked upon. But not being there when the kid needs you automatically negates the plus points of all other good factors that you may have of being the best mother. I am a full time mom. And I made that choice since I believe my kid needs me more than how much I need to work. You are talking about being a workaholic I think even working while is not a good way to go about if you wanna be a good mother. One of the parent has to be with the kid always at least till the time that the kid starts to go to school.