Juggling motherhood and work is becoming impossible I might have to quit | The Sun

DEAR DEIDRE: WORK is important to me, but it’s making it impossible to take care of my two kids.

I feel so conflicted because I want to be a good mum and a good employee. Instead, I feel I’m letting everyone down.

I’m 39 and I’m a single mum to children aged four and two.

I work as a call centre handler for the emergency services and I have to work weekends.

While I can get childcare during the week, there’s nobody to support me on a Saturday or Sunday.

I rely on favours from friends and relatives, and I’m using up everyone’s goodwill. Sometimes, I just want to pack in my job and be a stay-at-home mum.

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But then my career would go down the drain and we would be reliant on benefits.

I am so stressed and anxious, I snap at the kids and make stupid mistakes at work.

What should I do? I can’t carry on like this for much longer.

DEIDRE SAYS:  Anybody in your situation would find things difficult.

You’re juggling two demanding responsibilities alone.

You need help now.

Please talk to your employer and ask if there’s any possibility of flexible working given your kids’ ages.

You don’t mention your children’s father.

If he is still around, he has a legal obligation to provide for your children financially.

Talk to Gingerbread (0808 802 0925, gingerbread.org.uk), who are there for single parents.

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