HELP!!!! Any young moms having a hard time finding work????

Kendra - posted on 10/13/2010 ( 13 moms have responded )

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Any young mothers out there working or looking for work????? I have a 2 yr old son and i have been looking for work but havent found anything yet and when I do find a job i have no clue what i'll do with my son because i dont have money for daycare. Im getting goverment assistance and they provide childcare but the waiting list are so long its ridiculous. Im so discouraged and im really feeling like giving up. Im so ready to get out there and start working to support me annd my son. I feel so alone.My sons fatehr is A DEAD BEAT and i have no family SUPPORT AT ALL. Are there any young mothers out there going through theses issues??????????????

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Koleen - posted on 10/11/2012

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I am in the same boat I live with mother sister and her two boys one is 14 the other is17 and me and 6 year old from time my daughter was born her father never help me friends and family members told him to help he did not care I gets no help from the ones I live with now I was working but the government had no money so they had to let some people from jobs go I volunteer where I use to work they are helping me to do my cda for school my father gives my daughter money for stuff sometimes and also her god father she has to wear uniforms to school and a school bag and she needed sneakers and supplies the ones I live with never give my daughter nothing every night I have to buy food for my child my sister wants me to pay half of light bill and I don't have nothing so when my father gives my daughter money I give my sister half of it plus I have a cell phone to pay only contact I have Internet to pay I just got my income tax back and my girlfriend said that my family now will try to run me dry with my income tax and my mother was telling me oh I need to give her money for this and that I curse her and told her that it's me alone taking care of my child without any support from them no one ask how she got school stuff clothes things for her hair personal high gene stuff I don't buy nothing for my self Can anyone help or tell me how to things right

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Kendra - posted on 10/25/2010

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thank you guys all so much for the supportive words of encouragement. i appreciate it alot.

Kelsey - posted on 10/19/2010

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Im going through the daycare thing. I really dont want to put my son in daycare bc hes only 1 mth

Chavonn - posted on 10/18/2010

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Though Im not 'young' anymore, i had my daughter when I was 17. she's eleven now and im 28 i still consider myself a young mom. Just hang in there and do what you can to get off assistance. I've been on it before and it is NOT designed to help the people who are on it. Anyways, though Im married, I do understand needing to work but still be able to make sense paying a grip in daycare. I found a job working at an in-home daycare where i was able to take my 4 year old son at the time. he missed the cutoff for pre-k and i wanted a job where he could learn and be with other kids and i can make money. anyway, a year later my boss moved but she taught my co-worker and i all we needed to know about running our own in-home daycare. we opened up a few months ago and its great! we set our own hours, get to have our kids with us and know that we're helping to raise great kids. If any of you have a calling to work with children, I suggest looking to start at an in home daycare or any kind of daycare where you cantake your kids and get a discount. Pray about it and God will lead you in the right direction.

Chasity - posted on 10/17/2010

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Man i know what you mean.I feel like that sometimes. i have a 4 yr old son and im 19. i stay in my brothers basement and he stays up stairs with his girl and son. i kinda have a job but its whenever i find a babysitter. my family be acting funny and helping whenever they feel like it. i tried to get daycare but the state told me they had no funds and they put me on the waiting list.girl i know its hard.i had big break down and cried.but when i set there and thought about it ,it made me felt like all i have to do is push harder to get where i want to be. so try crying it out and keep telling yourself you gonna make it.

Jessica - posted on 10/16/2010

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hey kendra! i had my son at 16..i am 22 almost 23 now! and it was me and him since the day i had him!! i know exactly how you feel and exactly what your going through! everything seemed sooo impossible and i felt like i couldnt do anything and wanted to give up! but my lil boy was the only thing that kept me going and i am sooo thankful that i never gave up! i went thru 6 years of hell and struggling! but i just finished school for a dental assistant and i am doing good! things WILL work out for you as long as you never give up! even when it seems like its impossible as long as you stay positive and keep trying i promise things will eventually get better! if you wanna add me you can...

Alyssa - posted on 10/16/2010

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I am with you in the part that I can't find a job.. But lucky for me, my mom watches my son for me while I go to school and all that jazz. (She was laid off when the recession started.. still hasn't found a job.) I think you should see if anyone in your family can watch your son for cheap til you get on your feet. I don't know what I'm going to do when it's time for me to go to college. Hopefully I'll have a job by then or my mom can still watch him during the hours I'm at college. There's really no one else I trust to watch him correctly.. :(

Crystal - posted on 10/16/2010

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look for a baby sitter....a baby sitter is alot cheaper then a day care....

Brandee - posted on 10/15/2010

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Yeah i can only find odd jobs around my neighborhood and babysitting. DEFINITELY look at Babysitters.com. That was the only job I could find while I was pregnant. As far as right now i dont have a job but my college fund and financial assistance is paying for everything and i have enough to last me til next year this time in which case ill have a pharmacy tech certificate and will find a job int hat field. It will be at least ALITTLE easier having gone to school for something but im still not anticipating an easy time.

Desiree - posted on 10/15/2010

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i've been looking for a job since a few months before i even got pregnant & still havent found anything. im 20 yrs old with a 1 & a half year old. i've even refrained from telling potential employers that i have a kid in hopes that it would help but no. b/c i've never had a job b4 & im stuck in michigan i cant get hired. my mom would be happy to babysit but my problem is just finding a job in michigan. it sux. thankfully my fiance/baby daddy is still around & is working but its only 7.50 an hour & we cant afford our own car yet, let alone our own place. my daughter & i go back & forth between my mom's & his mom's place. neither of which i can stand to be at for more than 5 mins b/c of the ppl there. it is tough being a young mom & im sorry u dont have the support of your family or baby's father. without my mom, my fiance, & his mom we wouldnt even be able to afford to keep our daughter. the only thing i get from the state is medical & food stamps. i keep getting told i would automatically qualify for cash assistance b/c my daughter has a life-long medical condition but they keep trying to deny me. its such bs. how am i supposed to make it in life if no one will even give me the chance to work or even help me get there ya kno? it really sucks...

Kendra - posted on 10/13/2010

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Man its so hard and im trying to stay positive but its scary sometimes to not know how im gonna make it through the month and make my money stretch for everything we need. I wanna work so bad but theres so many diffrent things in my way. if its not one thing its another..my issue is i need a job but when one then what do i do with my baby????? take em with me?lol. struggles of a youn mom.

Ro-selina - posted on 10/13/2010

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in the same boat well kind of im 17 my daughter is almost 8 months i am wrkn but not many pple want to employ a young mum :( its really hard we have our days where i just break down in tears but you just gotta think it can only get bettr :)