The Modern Pinay Mom

 I remember a post in a social network, it was mother's day then and it said "Working mom is redundant" just a simple phrase but if you'll analyze the idea it will start to make sense. Being a mom is already a task or "work" for some, a responsibility that only a woman with a mother's heart can do without complaints, without asking for anything in return. To see her kids grow up the right way is her biggest accomplishment, it is worth the combined salary and benefits that she can have working for years. Filipinas are known for being a hands-on mother or a homemaker, our culture is that you can only find mothers at home cooking meals, doing the laundry, washing dishes, everything from taking care of the kids to making sure all of the corners of the house are clean. But what can you say about mothers that you can see falling into the endless lines in the MRT every morning five times a week to fulfill their duties as company employees? Does it makes them less of a woman being a mother? I myself experienced being challenged to be a working mom from years of staying at home as a fulltime mother. I came from a typical Filipino-Chinese family that believes that mothers are bound to stay only at home and take care of their family. An idea that I respect but I know to myself that will be better if we dream to grow and be more productive outside our noble homes. If women are bound only to be a homemaker when they will have their own family then why do they still need to spend years in school and university to study? Isn't cruel to teach them Physics, Math equations, the x's the y's and the z's when all they need is a vocational for housekeeping and caregiving? I always believe in the equality regardless of a person's sexual orientation. Every individual has their own mission and goals to achieve and that goal plays a big part for a person to feel their worth. Talking about goals, to witness your child to grow up with values and confidence are among the things that are in a mother's list of priorities, and just like any other person mothers also has something that they dream of doing, may it be a career or an interest. It is good to know that Filipina moms today are more skillful to find ways on how to pursue their goals without compromising their responsibilities that only a loving mother can fulfill. We heard a lot of stories of success of mothers who were able to balance their career and family life. They say that it's just a matter of time management and knowing your priorities. And as long as you have the courage to do everything that you need and everything that you want, nothing can stop a modern pinay mom to get the best of both worlds.