Before you became a SAHM, what did u do?

[lilima]

I was a case mange. I used to case manage teams for people with Severe profound Acquired Brain Injuries. I was one of those nutters lobbying parliament to keep young people out of nursing homes. I must admit, i do miss it.

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

I was an Executive Assistant to the Managing Director of a wholesale distribution business. - I dont miss the long hours and demanding work, but i do miss my boss and the ppl i worked with

[nic]

Reception work while studying to be a Travel Consultant..

[Doing my best]

Export shipping.. I was a supervisor of 4 staff so it was pretty cruisy cause they did all the work. I just had to make sure we didn't take too much cargo. LOL!

Staying at home is much harder, but I wouldn't change it for anything.

[Just Me]

I was a behaviour management teacher (in Brisbane) - I worked as the liaison teacher at a school for students (mainly boys) who were struggling to cope with mainstream schooling due to behaviour difficulties. I did case managment mainly but worked in the classroom one day a week. My job involved lots of liaison with principals, psychologists, family and other professionals involved with our students. I ran parenting programs, assisted in reintegration of students to mainstream schooling, put together info for referrals and diagnosis and did a fair bit of counselling with each student.

I really really loved my job. As the behaviour could be quite physically violent at times, it became unsafe for me to work there while pg and we moved back to Townsville around the same time. I became an advisory visiting teacher for behaviour management and then gave it up to be a SAHM.

I have no idea what I want to do when it is time for me to go back to work. I think I am done teaching and while I love the behaviour management side of things, it can be stressful and very draining at times . . . I think I would like to try something completely different. Don't know what yet but I have a couple of years to figure it out

ETA: I agree, Heather - staying home is harder. I could hand my students back at 3.00pm every day and go home to have my own time and my own space. Somedays I really miss only having to be responsible for set hours every day but I love my kids and am very appreciative of being able to stay home and look after them full time. My DH is also very understanding that I don't have it easy just because I don't work anymore so that helps a lot.

[boobaloo]

i worked at the queensland museum, in the shop, but i set up the retail side of exhibitions etc.i was also 3rd year uni doing a dual degree of business/science - human resources and management / environmental rejuvination.

i do miss using my brain, and seeing results come out of the things that i do, but i wouldn't miss my kids growing up for the world. i also have no idea what i want to do when the kids go to school...

[sneakysparkle]

I was a vocal coach - I had my own little studio and taught singing, songwriting and performance skills
I dont miss working but I do miss my students (even though I keep in touch with many of them) it was a fabulous job!

[Erin_25]

I was an Advertising Sales Rep, I sold & designed ads for a newspaper. I had not been at it 12months when I fell pregnant with DS & DH decided we shld move to the middle of nowhere for his job.
Such a shame as I loooooved that job, first time I was really doing something that felt useful & challenging. Before that I worked in the Acc's Dept of the Advertiser/Sunday Mail...answering phones & getting abused LOL!!!

I did miss it, so much so I went back to part time work when DS was 12months old, but he never really settled in the Daycare & there were somethings I didn't like about it....so home fulltime with him now. Thinking about studying nursing part time for when all the kids are at school.

[BrightSparkles]

I was a behaviour management teacher (in Brisbane) - I worked as the liaison teacher at a school for students (mainly boys) who were struggling to cope with mainstream schooling due to behaviour difficulties. I did case managment mainly but worked in the classroom one day a week. My job involved lots of liaison with principals, psychologists, family and other professionals involved with our students. I ran parenting programs, assisted in reintegration of students to mainstream schooling, put together info for referrals and diagnosis and did a fair bit of counselling with each student.
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Ohhh now i know whos ear i can chew. I'm a youth worker and currently A) working with these kids and B) doing research in how to engage them better!