Perfect mothers dont exist. Some time ago, more than 1,100 Dutch mothers with children between the ages of 4 and 12 answered questions about motherhood through a Roosvicee survey. Below you will find the most striking figures about Dutch mothers and their insecurities, feelings of guilt and followin

Hello mother! Yes, you there! Do you ever hold up a mirror to yourself? Do you ever take a good look at yourself? And not fleetingly in a shop window when you do the shopping or in the rear view mirror of your car during your taxi ride to your son or daughters game. No, I mean really look. Hold up a

Pregnant and applying does that go together? Pregnancy Discrimination is a hot topic this month. No fewer than 550 reports in two weeks ended up at the pregnancy discrimination reporting center of the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, an alarming number. These reports mainly concerned terminat

Childcare costs are an attack on the wallet for every family where both parents work. Research shows that 2018 will probably also show an increase in childcare costs as a result of the IKK Act. We explain why, but first a bit about the costs of childcare now, the quality of childcare and the IKK law

The new coalition agreement:what will change in the field of purchasing power, paternity leave, child arrangements and education? After seven months of negotiations, it is finally here:the new coalition agreement. Some time ago I wrote a blog about the elections 2017 in which I examined some topic

Paid blogging? Well, such a job is not so easy to find. At least not when it comes to a job with a boss. But as a freelance blogger you might be able to get a job … we have a vacancy open! At MamsatWork we have started paying our bloggers, provided they meet a number of conditions. Are you curiou

The holidays are behind us. Schools have started again, and there are others that will start again after this weekend. Play dates, sports training, tutoring and parties are the order of the day again. That means; too little time. A quiet breakfast and spontaneous pajama days are over… In a busy fam

Are you also disturbed by all those e-mails, messages, questioning colleagues and other disruptions at work? The book To be disturbed is packed with tips to tackle your concentration problems. Blogger Jolinda got to work on it. “I can only work from home when the children are at school. Otherwise

And yes, its that time again! If its not about the movie skirt day, then its about the fact that skirt day is not appreciated by everyone. Or at least not by that one specific Amsterdam official who caused a real #rokjesgate with the mail he forwarded to his employees. In his mail he was loud an

How do I get it all done in terms of planning? Well, sometimes I dont know! In any case with a lot of art and flying work. Art and flying work day in, day out You are a mother, day in, day out, 24 hours a day, that needs no explanation. During the day, in the evening, at night… in short, always. B

Around me there are more and more people who want to start having children. Compared to my environment, I am early and as one of the few already have a family. Being a mother is therefore not an issue with my friends. I am a big proponent of people starting to reproduce around me, but I do want to g

Im so lucky with my job. They take my private situation into account as a single mom without a network around here. What is a disadvantage is that because of the closing times of the shelter I can never actually go to the drinks, which are always scheduled at the end of the afternoon. This week I ha

Its Thursday afternoon. Its already my third week of work after my maternity leave. And since the first day I went back to work, this day has been circled in red on my calendar. Its the day of the team drink. I was looking forward to that. Finally no need to put children to bed with a goodnight kiss

In Italy they seem to be very good at it and even have a term for it:Dolce far Niente. Enjoy by doing absolutely NOTHING. A glass of wine, a cheese, and nothing else. No TV, no book and no to-do lists in mind, but just empty your head with your legs up. For me, therefore, an almost impossible task.

Do you ever have the feeling that your own life is becoming too much for you? That your to-do list can be published in book form and that you are behind the times 24/7? Chances are we are, because we are women after all and we are really busy. In addition, make we may also be a little busy at times.

KION and BliXem are starting a fresh meal service called KION aan Tafel. I would almost take my child to daycare again for it;). Pick up your child at daycare after a busy day at work, and be able to take your dinner with you right away. That sounds heavenly, doesnt it? A concept that I think they c

Four children. I used to yell no different to my parents. “Mom”, when I grow up, I also want four children. Yeah, Mom said. Lets see how it goes girl. When I ran into Frank, I was still yelling. I want four children. He was shocked! I was like a ticking time bomb. My biological clock was rattling l

The 2017 elections are approaching. As a working parent, you probably have certain ideas about the future. Are you interested in politics and do you have clear views or are you still a floating voter? Read here the positions of the political parties on the themes purchasing power, childcare allowanc

I have to learn to relax, because I dont know how to do this anymore. Since I became a mother, time has gone twice as fast. Blink my eyes and I am another week further. Recognizable? We do our very best and try to enjoy kids, partner, healthy and varied food and a little exercise as consciously a

Good morning. This week I published a video on Facebook about my morning ritual (see below). In extremely accelerated form, indeed, but it still gives a bit of an idea of ​​what its like here in the morning. Monique responded that her morning ritual – that of her family actually – looks a bit differ