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How staying home with kids can make you feel professionally worthless

I quit my job to stay home with the kids five years ago and now I am terrified I am unemployable and have nothing to offer the world.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Extended time away from career can erode confidence and create anxiety about having value beyond the domestic sphere.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.