5 January 2015 - QA 9

Dear Gurudev, as a working mother, I cannot spend quality time with my child. In this modern age what is your advice to working mothers?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Where there is a will there is a way. Children are not the problem. Here is Elonka, she has three little kids and with three little kids she would conduct courses. She would feed the baby then give it to someone to take care and then she would conduct the course.
If you have a passion to do something, children are no obstacle. There are many mothers who in spite of bringing up their children well and giving them quality time, still do that something that they want to do. All you need is passion. When you have a passion to do something, you can fit in everything. It is only a mindset. You have to be determined, ‘I have to do it,’ and you will do it.
Of course, your first priority is your kid, but priority means that you can do other things also. I am not saying that your job is to only be a mother and take care of your children; that would be stifling for the kid also, they also want some time away from their mothers.
If you have a passion and a will, you can always find a way.