Must Read for Mothers - Please should I quit my job because of my kids?
I am a Lagos mum, I work at a top auditing
firm and I really love my job. I have built an amazing career over the past 10
years, but I worry a lot about my kids. I have a 9 year old boy and a 7 year
old girl who I feel are way below their potential and my husband constantly
accuses me of loving my job more than my kids, him and my home. I am losing my
mind over this issue, here’s how it started…
When my boy was 5 years, I was very
involved with teaching him and mentoring him at home and he showed traits of
extraordinary brilliance. Then I got a promotion at work that needed me to
travel more often and spend longer hours at the office. Over time, his
performance started to deteriorate, I would talk to him, encourage him, scold
him, pray for him and SPANK THE LIVING DAYLIGHT OUT OF HIM. But it didn’t work
and as my daughter grew I started to see the same traits of complacency and
mediocrity.
A few months ago I started to think maybe I
should quit my 6 figure paying job to stay home and teach my kids because I
have tried different schools and that also didn’t work. A friend advised me to
get tutors for my kids but I was worried
What would the tutor do to change the situation?
How would I even know the best tutor sef?
What about security?
Will I just call some strangers into my
home HIAN!! And even if I work with the school teachers, I know that if anything
were to happen at my home, the school would certainly say that what I had with
the teacher was not any of their business.
I spoke with a counsellor and former
teacher and they said having a good
home tutor for my kids would solve the problem. So I asked…
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