As a Mother of Abundance, you need to know that your children are safe and well cared for whether you’re with them or not. After giving this some thought, your task for Day 10 of the 28 Days of Abundant Practice Challenge is to ensure that you’re happy with your childcare.
This isn’t a deal breaker for making progress in your ambitions though, and I’ll explain why. If you’re not 100% comfortable with your childcare, that may be because you’re not in a position to improve it yet. For example, you might be leaving your child with a relative who you don’t particularly get on with, but who is wonderful with your child. Not ideal – but manageable. Do your very best until you can do better, but keep it in the back of your mind to improve your situation when you can.
When you’re happy with your childcare, you are better placed to work without the distraction of worrying about your children when you’re not with them or who you’re going to have to face when you drop them off and collect them.
For those of you with pre-school children, here are seven tips for finding good childcare.
If you have older children who are of legal age and correct temperament to look after the younger ones, that’s a great place to be.
My older sons are 25, 21 and 20 and look after our seven-year-old on the rare occasion that both myself and my husband are out. During the day, our youngest is at a really good pre/after school club either side of school hours. The security is very good and my son enjoys it. My husband and I can get on with our work without worrying. It makes a huge difference in our ability to focus on our clients and our tasks.
When my eldest son was younger, childcare was tricky for me. I lived in London away from my mother. He’d sometimes stay with his paternal grandmother, who I didn’t get on with. His childminders were good in the main, but one, in particular, wasn’t. Her husband took my son out in his car and was doing hand brake turns whilst smoking drugs. I got my son out of that situation in a flash!!! Aside from that particularly bad situation, I had great relationships with the people who looked after my son.
How’s your childcare? Is it good? Do you have family support? Is your family support creating a more complex problem for you? Could your childcare be better but there’s nothing you can do about it right now? Perhaps you have a young baby and can work around nap times? Whatever your situation, we’d love to hear from you below.
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This post and the 28 Days of Abundant Practice Challenge are inspired by the principles in the 9 Steps to True Abundance infographic. You can get your free copy by signing up here.
