I need advice on which career would be better for mom with children.?

I am trying to decide between two different careers: dental hygiene and elementary school teacher. I find both interesting. Dental hygiene is a career in which I could work part-time, days, no weekends or holidays and earn a good living only working 2-3 days per week.





Teaching, however, is full-time, but summers off and holidays and vacations off. With teaching I really can't work part-time, but the benefits are good; pay is not as great as a career in dental hygiene, but I am only planning on working part-time while my children are small. Teaching will not allow me to do this, but it will allow me summers off. But does it even it out? Full-time for 9 months with summers off or 2-3 days per week with 1-2 weeks vacation?





I guess what I need is some advice on which of these two careers would better balance allowing me the most time with my children while earning a decent living. Both would take me the same amount of schooling since I already have an associates degree. Thanks.

I need advice on which career would be better for mom with children.?
Hi, my thought would be teaching, because of holidays, and summers off. You could even teach at your child's school. Two other great careers, real-estate salesperson, loan officer / mortgage broker, both of which I do, having joint custody of 4 young boys. Hope this can help you.


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Reply:It would seem that the dental field would allow you more of what you are looking for. You would go to work with set hours and as you mentioned, you'd have weekends and holidays with the kids.


Teaching is more involved, in that you really don't have the hours set in stone. There are always those days that you have to take extra time for grading, parent/teacher conferences which are scheduled up until 7pm, you really only have 9weeks off in the summer due to the fact that you have to go back in Aug. to prepare for the new school year and read up on all the IEP's so you know what you'll be dealing with, etc.


So based on what you're considering careerwise and what you want as far as spending time with your kids, my suggestion would be to go for the dental field.


I hope you find this helpful.


Good luck in your schooling and best wishes!
Reply:I would personally want to work 2-3 days all year rather than work full time with summers completely off.... and when your children are older you may want to go full time and take advantage of the greater salary you will make in dentistry.
Reply:Teacher
Reply:teaching.


in addition to the vacations, the better salary, and the more social aspect of your job (such as the companionship of other teachers), schools are very flexible with hours and time off when you need them (for example, if your kids are sick). since many if not most teachers have children, schools tend to afford many sick days (usually with), and are flexible when you need them to be.


Dental hygene sounds less interesting, less interractive, and kind of a fall-bak plan.


follow your passion though - you will feel bad no matter what if you take a job you dont want