Tag Archives: working with children

Am I a Working Mother, a Housewife, or Both?

Posted on December 7, 2020 by SpookyMrsGreen

During the past five years or so, our government has tried to launch various incentives to persuade people back into the workplace and off the benefits system. More specifically this is aimed at women, and I say this based on … Continue reading →

Trapped in the Housewife Hole

Posted on September 9, 2019 by SpookyMrsGreen

I feel trapped. When I had my first child, I made the decision not to return to work after taking maternity leave. The job I left wasn’t a career. I simply worked part-time as a retail assistant (in a high-street … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, House and home, pagan mother, Random Musings | Tagged #mummymonday, housewife and working mother, housewife or working mother, SpookyMrsGreen, the pagan housewife, trapped in the housewife hole, working from home, working mom, working mother, working with children | 6 Comments

Time to be Me

Posted on August 22, 2018 by SpookyMrsGreen

Today I can be me. Today I can step away from Mother and Wife, and I can be Catherine. Who is she? Who am I? A woman. A writer. A wife and mother. Someone who is still trying to find … Continue reading →

Posted in pagan mother, Random Musings, Spiritual, spiritual growth | Tagged #witchywednesday, being a mother, being a writer, being an empath, being human, motherhood, pagan, SpookyMrsGreen, the pagan housewife, time to be me, witch, witchy Wednesday, working from home, working mother or housewife, working with children | 2 Comments

Get Back Behind that Sink and Nurture Your Children!

Posted on July 27, 2016 by SpookyMrsGreen

I have just listened to the BBC 5 Live radio phone-in regarding the issue around taking your children into work. This has been raised after Scottish MP Kirsty Blackman took her children to a Westminster committee hearing, apparently unable to … Continue reading →

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“Put Your Children into Nursery and Go Out to Work!” Says the Prime Minister #Equality #WorkingFamilies

Posted on May 15, 2015 by SpookyMrsGreen

All of this talk about the general election, and everything that I am seeing in the culture of UK politics at the moment, is giving me a lot to think about. I never really got involved with politics before I … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Random Musings, working mother | Tagged #Britmums, #Equality, #pbloggers, #Tots100, #WorkingFamilies, being a working mother, choose between your family or your job, Conservative values, Put Your Children into Nursery, state of UK politics, work ethic in the UK, working families directive, working mother or housewife, working mothers in UK, working with children | 4 Comments

The Challenge of the Mother at Home

Posted on July 2, 2013 by SpookyMrsGreen

I recently found time to catch up on reading a few magazines that I subscribe to. I was intrigued by a snippet in the May edition of Mother and Baby. It said that according to a recent survey (carried out … Continue reading →

Posted in author, british, mind body spirit, paranormal romance, UK | Tagged being pregnant with the Duchess, busy mums, busy working moms, mompreneur, mother and baby, motherhood, stay at home mom, The Challenge of the Mother at Home, work from home with children, working mother or housewife, working mothers in UK, working with children | 1 Comment

Vampires, Werewolves, and a Baby

Posted on August 5, 2011 by SpookyMrsGreen

I am currently on a mission to promote Love Hurts, to build a fan-base and get the book into bookshops and the media. So far I have featured in one local newspaper, I will appear in another next week, and … Continue reading →