Do Women Without Kids Judge Working Moms?

She talks about how she didn't know what it was like to be a parent and about how she judged…

I judged, because I thought I understood. But I didn't.

The single people in the office would complain how certain working moms left at 5 p.m. every day while we were stuck in the office until 8 p.m. “It's not fair!” we would say. What we didn't understand was that daycare closed at 6 p.m., and if parents were late they would get charged late fees. Or that these working moms went home and had to start a second shift of taking care of the kids while later powering up the computer to finish work at night. All this… while we single people were out having dinner and drinks.

“She should just get a babysitter so she can stay later at work,” someone would say, not realizing that maybe this working mom actually wanted to see her children before they went to bed at 7 p.m. Or that it cost money to hire child care and disposable income wasn't as easy to come by once the kids came along.

I totally get it. From both perspectives. I understand why it frustrates the people who don't have kids. I understand the idea of wanting to see my son before bedtime. Trust me, I get it now – more so than ever before, it makes perfect sense.

To read the rest of this awesome essay, head on over to HuffPostParents and check it out. When you're finished, leave a comment and weigh in – did you judge working moms – until you had kids of your own?