An enormous number of mothers in the U.S. are working double time, graveyard shifts, and more than one job just to put food on the table for their kids.
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There are 80 million moms in the United States. Forty million stay at home with their children.
A mother's got to be there to raise the children. That's all there is to it. I feel badly for those mothers who work hard, and can't do it all the time.
The most common reason new mothers return to work sooner than they'd like to is because they can't afford to go without their salaries any longer.
It's really hard to balance work and being a mother.
Mothers who work full time - they're the real heroes.
I think a lot of mothers are doing as I am: starting up their own ventures as their children grow older, and having a kind of second blooming.
As far as I'm concerned, there's no job more important on the planet than being a mom.
Women work as much as men now, if not more. There's a resurgence of dads in the home and moms working.
There are many stressed single parents who may be working two jobs in order to keep the family together.
We don't have enough support for maternal leave and the kinds of things that some of the European countries do. So we still make it hard on women to go into the work force and feel that they can be good at work but then doing the most important job, which is raising your children in a responsible and positive way.
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