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Minor Issues: Why going back to full-time work might make me a better mum

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 Circumstances are different for every family, so it boils down to making decisions that are right for each season of motherhood.

Circumstances are different for every family, so it boils down to making decisions that are right for each season of motherhood.

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SINGAPORE – “I hope you don’t get the job,” said my youngest child worriedly, when she found out I was thinking of returning to full-time work in 2022.

I understood my then six-year-old’s reluctance to be away from me for extended periods of time, because I have been her main caregiver since she was born.

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