It's hard out there for a pimp. But apparently, it's even harder for parents who return to work after taking time off to be with their children. A survey by UK Web site mother@work reports that only 1 out of 10 parents who returned to work did so because they loved their job; most went back purely for financial reasons. Additionally, 7% of parents claim that they were passed over for promotions because of their brood, while a full 10% said that they could feel the cold, icy stares of their childless colleagues piercing them to the marrow.
I have to wonder how representative those digits are of American parents, though. Most of the moms and dads I know who returned to work after doign the stay-at-home gig did so because they felt something was missing in their lives. Most of them, in other words, love to work. My own wife is a former stay at home mom turned work at home mom, who's written eloquently about her reasons for going back to the grind.
Let's hear from the peanut gallery. (And I mean that in the most affectionate way possible.) If you used to stay home with the kids, why did you repatriate? Did you miss working? Or was it strictly a matter of the dinero?
