You don’t have to do the Hoover because I’m in all day anyway .. There is no
timetable, and Ifound myself not really motivating myself and I knew I could do
better. .. Going into school and getting involved in school activities, you know,
it kind of made you realise like, you could do something ...paid. ”
Figure 5: Kali
It has simultaneously changed her relationship with her children and her husband.
Because of the skills and confidence she has gained, she is able to offer positive
support to the former in their education (and to offer a role model to her daughter),
even though she also has less time to devote to them because of her work and
studying, and to achieve a better balance in sharing domestic and family
responsibilities with her husband.
“More of the weight’s come back onto him because I’ve got a job now, so, you
know, he’s had to kind of get up and pull his socks up a bit more, and push his
weight around the house a bit as well. .. With me moving up in my work,, he’s
kind of got more proud of me and he’s accepted it, and, you know, he really
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