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Supermums are more likely to get depressed, says survey

I’ve lost count of how many mums think I’m doing something amazing because I am a mother of two who works.

Some have made some pity filled, and almost condescending comment to make (“poor you…etc”), trying to make me feel bad (albeit unsuccessfully) because they don’t work and I choose to work. And other tell me I’m a supermum.

To me, I’m just dong what my mother did – and what more than 50% of women with children aged under five years are doing (according to government statistics).

But according to a recent survey, running a successful home while maintaining thee career of a woman’s dream makes them feel depressed.

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Do you hide at work to avoid looking after your child?

Many mums I’ve met throughout the years joke about it – but do working mums really go to work just to escape childcare?

20110819-082638.jpgAccording to a recent poll, thirty percent of 26,000 mothers surveyed by Today.com and Parenting.com said they hid at work to avoid childcare.

Natasha Kaplinsky recently returned to work after taking a break to be a full-time mum to her two children, saying that it was basically a lot of hard work being a full-time mum and that going to work was a lot easier.

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Kids back to school, mums back to work…but what should you wear?

Have you been at home with the kids for what seems to be like an eternity? Is your first or last youngest child off to school in September ?

Being a mum doesn't mean you can't look fab in the workplaceBeing a mum of three ( Robert now 22, and twins Tomas and Maisie seven) I know when the new term starts in September and your little ones are off to ‘big’ school it makes you start thinking about what are you going to do withnyour time, and the word ‘work’ pops into your head.

This is an amazing time and such an exciting chapter for you to embrace joining the workforce if you’ve had a break for a while.