Module 6
In this module, I took my target audience and applied a vernacular. So I remember Jermery kept saying maybe looking into doing this on moms in the military or active duty military spouse, but I felt like, okay, yeah, that’s a good idea. But I sat down and thought about this. Okay, yeah, I know women are active-duty moms who work or active-duty spouses, but not everyone stays in. So, I thought about what happens once the person is out. Many get a job, and some women whose husbands are in the military are working moms. I myself work part-time doing freelancing jobs. Many of the women I know are just regular women who work; an active-duty woman is a working mom, so why not do my vocabulary on a work badge? Everyone has work badges or some form of identification to state that they work. So, I focused on doing my persona cards as work badges.
In this module, we also had to focus on conducting a focus group. I tried to find some people and interview them. I have a lot of friends who have kids, so I just personally interviewed them. I took the feedback from the focus questions from Module 5 and came up with these questions.
How familiar are you with mom burnout?
Do you feel like you have mom burnout? If so, what makes you think that way?
What are your likes/dislikes about being a mother?
About what percentage of time do you feel like spending with your children after you are home from work?
What do you do for time for yourself?
Do you make time to care for yourself? What kinds of things do you do?
If you could change one thing about yourself as a mother, what would that be?
What do you feel are your strengths and weaknesses as a mother?
How do you feel your husband assists you with the children?
Do you have people to talk to besides your husband about your everyday stressors?
What are some common characteristics you have observed about yourself as a mom when you are the most stressed?
Do you ever feel guilty about being away from your children?
How do you see yourself handling mom burnout now that you are familiar?
What advice would you give to a new mother of two young children?
Do you know what mom burnout is?
Do you feel like you suffer from mom burnout?
How do you feel you handle situations with your children as a single mom?
How would you describe your mindset when you lay down at night after dealing with the children?
Do you feel like you enjoy being home more with the children? Or, at work, move away from the children?
What do you do to relieve yourself from stress?
Do you feel like you have anyone to confide in?
Can you describe how you handle situations with your children after a hard day at work?
How do your children respond to you afterward?
Can making more time for yourself help alleviate stress?
What advice would you give a single working mother of three?
Update: I sent a message to my military neighborhood group to get people to meet me at the local Starbucks, but nobody showed up. So I just kept the conducted Facetime interviews that I did. I just realized afterward that I didn’t take pictures of myself conducting it or recording it. But I just showed the phone calls and screenshot records.
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