Forum of the Month - April 2009 - Parenting by Working Moms

Dear IL'ites,

Forum for April 2009 is :

Parenting by working moms - IndusLadies

With due respect to all the mothers out there in the world, it is an unsaid fact that "Every Mom is a Working Woman". But just that the mothers who work outside the home too has special challenges and concerns in her juggling act of balancing family and career. So go ahead and throw your valuable suggestions, tips, interesting anecdotes that helps this balancing a little easier.

Ladies ensure that the thread is lively calling for active participation from other ILites.

Are you new to the IL community? Want to know more about this contest?

Read here to know rules and guidelines for the "Popular Thread Contest" in the Forum of the month.

Some do's and don'ts to be followed for this contest:
DOs:

1. Make your contributions for this contest ONLY in the Parenting by working moms - IndusLadies forum (NOT in this thread or forum).
2. ONLY new threads started this month - April 2009 that get popular with max responses and participation from other members will be considered.
3. Avoid thread on generic discussions like "Challenges", "balancing" etc. Those threads on generic discussions will not be considered
4. ONLY specific discussions qualify for the contest like 'Managing your time", 'How to approach your employer for maternity leave?' 'How do you spend your weekends with your kids?' etc.
5. The threads should be started about parenting challenges/ tips of a working mother that will call for participation from co-members to share thoughts about the same.

DON'Ts:

1. No posting (copy-pasting) articles or information from other sources (like websites, books, magazines, emails etc.).

Get started with a popular thread...Good Luck!

Have a look at the special gift here for Deepali who won the Popular thread contest for the month of March 2009 in the Cleaning & organizing forum.

Dear ILites,

Thanks to all of you for making the

Parenting by working moms - IndusLadies

a very active forum with your active participation.

The winner for the Popular thread in the said forum is

vennela1

who started the thread :

sending kids to india

and it has 9 replies with 216 views. Thanks Vennela for sharing your dilemma in this thread and geting help from fellow ILites. Am sure there might be a lot of ladies out there who were in the same boat and have got wonderful advice and to be open about the situation they are in.

Ladies, join in congratulating Vennela1 who has won this contest and making the Parenting by working Mom forum a lively hub of participation.

Dear Vennela

Congratulations on winning the contest. All the best to you and hope all your dreams come true

love
viji

Hi Vennela,

Congratulations for winning the contest..

Dear Vennela,

Congratulations on your thread "Sending kids to India" in Parenting by working moms forum being selected as the "Popular thread" in that forum for the month of Apr.

Looks like your thread kicked off a great discussion and we are sure it would have provided a great insight for lots of working moms here.

Here is the special gift in recognition to your popular thread:

An artistic 'White Sea Shell' (also called the Shanku in India).



Hope you like it. Please send in your mailing address by email to induslady@indusladies.com, so that we can arrange to ship this gift to you.

Dear Vennela,
Hearty congrats on wiinning the contest!
Love,
PS

Hi Vennela,

Hai Vennela

Hearty congratulations. The Shanku is a precious gift and you have won it. Very nice.


andal

Congratulataion Vennela.....

Heartiest congratulations Venella. All the best for all ur future endeavours.