SHUT IN / SHUT OUT
Do you believe you have to make a choice between anything in life and being a parent?
"Of course."
- as someone who has big ambitions pursuing career
"...harus terpenuhi dengan baik untuk menjadi keluarga yg ideal"
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"...because everything (all life aspects) must be fulfilled to become ideal family"
- as someone who feels that as a woman we have to fully take care of family
"For me, yes, I need to choose between career, study, mental health, and being a parent."
- as someone who choose not to be a parent
"I don’t think it’s possible to do both [career and parenting] well to be honest, or if you do do both well it’s because you’re in a comfortable job that you know."
"I am constantly making choices to balance career and parenting. I don't feel that I have had a choice to work or not, as a single parent i have to provide for my child. But I have had to make tough choices around the type of work I am doing, for example taking jobs based purely on income rather than career development or self-fulfilment."
"I feel like something needs to give when you become a parent, especially if you don't have family support close by."
"With my capabilities, I think I will go insane, and everything will be a mess if I juggle everything together.
But I know other people can do it;
it's not me, though, nor that I wanted to."