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Sick kids heartache for working mums .
Everyone gets sick at some stage and, when young kids are
about, you can guarantee the lurgi strikes more often than
in houses without the little germ-spreaders.
Runny noses, coughs, sneezes - not to mention even less desirable
little afflications such as measles, mumps, chicken pox, the
odd case of Denghi Fever, malaria, typhoid, a slight headache
or the runs.
Yup, as any parent can tell you kids will make you sicker
than a visit to the doctor!
Anyway, apparently working mothers around this great land
of ours take some 37 million hours off work a year to look
after their stricken youngsters.
That's 37 million hours - or around two hours for every man
woman and child in the country.
An about-to-be released survey tells us this shocking news
and it is a desperate worry.
No doubt you'll hear the great and marvellous captains of
industry tut-tutting about what an appalling cost to them
and various politicians of all sorts of political colours
will posture according to whatever side their allegiances
lie.
Media shows will slag working mums off as being huge liabilities
to Australia and I have no doubt that old Mike 'the kicker'
Munro will sick the power of A Current Affair on to these
'bludgers' and 'cheaters' and get a few hidden camera shots
of mums holding bowls for spewing kids when they should be
out doing the jobs they are paid for.
Personally, I reckon working mums should be allowed to take
the time off - in fact working parents - and shouldn't fear
the blowtorch of media/pollie scorn.
It is hard enough trying to juggle kids and work without
the added hassles of feeling guilty about looking after your
sick little-uns.
And that's the thing, of the working mothers surveyed fully
two-thirds of them felt guilty about having to do so.
Well, gals, don't! Your kids are our future and if those
higher up the pay chain don't appreciate your efforts ...
I certainly do.
If there is something that has really got up your nose,
let Grumpy Old Coot know at grumpy@webwombat.com
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