10 Ways to Tell Your Coworkers Aren't Parents (Working Mom Edition)

1) You return from maternity leave and someone at work asks you how your "vacation" was.
2) Complaints are heard regarding the fact that working parents get too many perks, such as "getting to leave on time every day."
3) Coworker wonders why someone would need to utilize the services of a nanny or babysitter while working from home with an infant or toddler in the house.
4) He/she thinks that staying home from work to take care of a sick child is the same thing as a day off.
5) While hugely pregnant, you are asked, "Well, you were going to work during your maternity leave, weren't you?"
6) Derisive comments are made regarding minivans.
7) Colleague says your upcoming maternity leave sounds "so relaxing."
8) He/she hates "Take Your Child To Work Day."
9) Coworker asks you to do something half an hour before the daycare/after-school care is going to close and does not seem too pleased when you say you need to leave.
10) He/she wants to know why you will not send your sick child to daycare or school.