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I lost track of time reading this. I highly recommend it!
I get a lot of help from you when I'm having a hard time at work.
I bought this to give as a gift. The content is good.
I think this is a must-read for working moms. It was very helpful for managing my emotions.
I'm a stay-at-home mom because my kids are young, but I plan to read this to prepare for the day I become a working mom.
'Living as a Working Mom in South Korea:: 33 Stingy but Most Realistic Advice for You Who Want to Do Well at Work and Raise Your Children Well' I am a working mom raising two children, ages 5 and 3. I am in my ninth year of working. In those nine years, the only time I took off was three months of maternity leave for my second child and three months of parental leave for my second, so it is less than a year. I think working while raising two young children is much harder than I expected.
While living as a working mom raising two children... my brother-in-law, who is raising a child of the same age, said to me, "No matter how much you earn, your company life is irrelevant... You have to raise your child well... Your child is starting elementary school, what are you going to do?" These words struck me as sudden fear and anxiety, and after many twists and turns, I have been on a one-year parental leave starting this April, just as my child enters elementary school. Now that I am
[Walking Tree] Living as a Working Mom in Korea. There are hardly any books written by ordinary people. This book was written by a professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry!! Will the stories truly resonate with ordinary moms? What advice does it offer to ordinary mothers who want to excel at their jobs and raise their children well? Recommended for working moms and those preparing to become working moms!!! I hesitated for the sake of my son, Ttolmang-gun, and time just passed... I always
My daughter is six years old. It has been exactly six years since I got married and started working. Except for my 100-day maternity leave, I immediately dropped my child off at daycare and continued juggling work and housework. It is truly difficult to be a working mom in Korea while raising a child and working. I have to live like this for six years—feeling pressured by my boss, unable to rest when I’m sick, and constantly worrying about who will look after the child during school holidays. I
Living as a Working Mom in South Korea: Written by Shin Eui-jin (Walking Tree) / Compiled by Kim Kyung-rim Living as a working mom is certainly not an easy task for any mother, but it feels like it is somehow even busier and harder for mothers in South Korea. Since the very role and qualification of a mother entails taking responsibility for various environments and living in reality, adapting to it is certainly not easy for anyone. As a mother myself, I often wondered what kind of environment
Shin Eui-jin: Living as a Working Mom in South Korea
33 Stingy Yet Most Realistic Pieces of Advice: *Living as a Working Mom in Korea*. Written by Shin Eui-jin, a successful child psychiatrist and mother of two, this book offers candid answers regarding work, life, and parenting for all mothers in Korea. Through the author’s experience of balancing work and childcare while constantly striving to find alternatives amidst countless trials and errors, the book helps readers realize that raising children well and excelling at work is by no means an impossible goal. It conveys concrete and practical solutions and stingingly realistic advice based on the author’s own experiences, such as how to maintain smooth relationships with in-laws and colleagues without getting hurt, and how to manage anxiety and negative emotions that can have a devastating impact on a child. Furthermore, it includes useful tips—such as essential parenting principles for working mothers, how to find helpers, and how to spend time with children after work—to guide mothers in happily balancing work and family life.
Korean title: 대한민국에서 일하는 엄마로 산다는 것
Korean author: 신의진
Korean publisher: 걷는나무
ISBN-13: 9788901163116
Reviews
I lost track of time reading this. I highly recommend it!
I get a lot of help from you when I'm having a hard time at work.
I bought this to give as a gift. The content is good.
I think this is a must-read for working moms. It was very helpful for managing my emotions.
I'm a stay-at-home mom because my kids are young, but I plan to read this to prepare for the day I become a working mom.
'Living as a Working Mom in South Korea:: 33 Stingy but Most Realistic Advice for You Who Want to Do Well at Work and Raise Your Children Well' I am a working mom raising two children, ages 5 and 3. I am in my ninth year of working. In those nine years, the only time I took off was three months of maternity leave for my second child and three months of parental leave for my second, so it is less than a year. I think working while raising two young children is much harder than I expected.
While living as a working mom raising two children... my brother-in-law, who is raising a child of the same age, said to me, "No matter how much you earn, your company life is irrelevant... You have to raise your child well... Your child is starting elementary school, what are you going to do?" These words struck me as sudden fear and anxiety, and after many twists and turns, I have been on a one-year parental leave starting this April, just as my child enters elementary school. Now that I am
[Walking Tree] Living as a Working Mom in Korea. There are hardly any books written by ordinary people. This book was written by a professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry!! Will the stories truly resonate with ordinary moms? What advice does it offer to ordinary mothers who want to excel at their jobs and raise their children well? Recommended for working moms and those preparing to become working moms!!! I hesitated for the sake of my son, Ttolmang-gun, and time just passed... I always
My daughter is six years old. It has been exactly six years since I got married and started working. Except for my 100-day maternity leave, I immediately dropped my child off at daycare and continued juggling work and housework. It is truly difficult to be a working mom in Korea while raising a child and working. I have to live like this for six years—feeling pressured by my boss, unable to rest when I’m sick, and constantly worrying about who will look after the child during school holidays. I
Living as a Working Mom in South Korea: Written by Shin Eui-jin (Walking Tree) / Compiled by Kim Kyung-rim Living as a working mom is certainly not an easy task for any mother, but it feels like it is somehow even busier and harder for mothers in South Korea. Since the very role and qualification of a mother entails taking responsibility for various environments and living in reality, adapting to it is certainly not easy for anyone. As a mother myself, I often wondered what kind of environment
