Working mom’s guilt deepens after 4-year-old’s heartbreaking question
A mother of two says she loves her job but is wracked by guilt when her preschooler asks why she must leave each morning.
Dear Annie: I am a working mother of two young children, and lately the guilt is eating me alive. I love my job. I worked hard to get where I am. But every morning when I leave the house, my 4-year-old asks why I have to go again, and my heart sinks.