working moms

Mothers with jobs

Working moms are mothers who hold jobs outside the home while raising children.

The term emphasizes the dual burden of employment and childcare, though it's sometimes criticized for implying that stay-at-home mothers don't work: As a working mom, I'm constantly juggling deadlines and school pickups.

The phrase appears frequently in discussions of work-life balance, childcare policy, and workplace flexibility.

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mom guilt · balance · career · multitasking · second shift · pumping · breast pump · commute · bedtime · quality time · nanny · pickup · deadline · overtime · sick days · breastfeeding · lunchbox · meal prep

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Opposites
employment status

working momshomemakers

Those managing domestic affairs

housewives · ladies of leisure · kept women

parental role and gender

working momsstay-at-home dads

Fathers as primary caregivers

stay-at-home fathers · househusbands

traditional family structure ideology

working momstradwives

Wives embracing traditional domestic roles

Family

working, moms, work, works, worked, worker, workers, workable, unworkable

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G