4.4 - Stay-at-home Moms

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What does "stay-at-home mom" mean ? Describe it in English.

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What does "maternity leave" mean ? Describe it in English.

"labor" refers to work, especially hard physical work or the effort during work.

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What does "daycare" mean ? Describe it in English.

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What does "drop sb off" mean ? Describe it in English.

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I'm John.

John: So we've been talking about women's roles in society. And are you a ___ or a working mom?

Sarah: Well, I guess I'm both. Right now, I'm on ___ and I'm on month six of it.

John: What does that mean?

Sarah: So maternity leave is when you have a job but then you become ___ or you're going to have a baby, maybe adopt, too. So you're going to have a baby, and so you ___ time ___ of work to stay home with the new baby.

John: Oh, I see. Do you still get paid?

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Sarah: I do. I get about half of my ___. So I do still get paid and I'm very ___ for that. So I've been at home with the new baby for six months. And I'm going to go back to work next month.

John: Oh. What will happen ___ the baby?

Sarah: So I have two kids actually. I have a ___ and a baby. And both of them will go to ___during the day.

John: I see.

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Sarah: So I ___ for the daycare before the baby was even born. It's really hard to find good daycare that you can afford, that's near your house. So you have to start planning before the baby is even born if you're the ___ person who wants to go back to work.

John: I see. I don't think many men worry ___ getting good daycare ___ their children…

Sarah: No.

John: When they think about their jobs.

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Sarah: No. Even when there's a family, and ___ the mother ___ father work, still it's the mother that has to do everything with the kids, usually. Usually, the mom has to for example, get the bag ready for the kids to take to daycare. They have to ___ the daycare. They have – the daycare has the mother's phone number, usually.

And so, the mom has to do a lot of extra work ___ mom and dad both have full time jobs.

John: I see. Are you saying ___ things should be different?

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Sarah: Yes. I think things should be different. I'm so lucky my husband agrees with me. And my husband, he ___ at daycare and he ___ and he does the laundry and the dishes. And it helps me to be – and it helps me focus on my career so that I can stay late at work if I need to. I can go to an extra meeting on a weekend. And it makes me feel more ___ that it's not my husband's job that comes first.

A lot of times women make less money than men and they put their job second to their husband. And it's not ___, and it's not fair. And so, I think that people should work on making things more equal.

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