Working While Raising A Family – Is It Worthwhile For Women? For many women when they plan to return to work after their baby is born, if at all, is something they need to consider while they are preparing for their baby’s arrival. While many women want to spend as much time as possible with their children often society’s views and financial considerations leave them feeling pressurised to return as soon as possible. But is returning to work a positive way to retain your identity and maintain financial independence or does it cause frustrations and stress within family life for a small financial gain? Balancing Work With Family Life For a lot of women how successful their return to work is depends largely on their employer and personal circumstances, but broadly speaking, unless you are in one of the higher wage brackets, have excellent childcare and have an incredibly understanding boss, there are many potential downsides for women returning to the workplace while they are rising a family. Returning to work automatically means that you will need well organised childcare, which can be fine if you have a local nursery and work normal office hours. However most registered childminders and nurseries only operate during limited hours, which can be difficult for shift workers. Childcare is also expensive which can mean it is difficult to make ends meet for people that are low or middle earners. Once children are old enough to attend school working mothers still need to find childcare…

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