There's also the chance that a parent will bristle at being told what to
do. "Mom and Dad aren't always so good at taking instruction or orders
from their children." says Rivers.
In addition, the salary situation often becomes a sticky subject. Some
moms want to work for free while a child wants to pay them. In other
cases, a mother may want a raise, but her child might not have the
funds to give her that salary boost.
For the child, it can sometimes be awkward to manage the person who raised them.
Faith Amon, founder of Orlando graphics design firm Frecklefoot
Creative, has worked with mom Linda for about six years — but says she
still feels guilty when she criticizes her for such actions as being "a
little heavy handed" in e-mails to clients who owe money.
For her part, Linda works to keep her maternal urges in check. "I try
not to be a mom," she says. "I try to be a colleague. But every once in a
while, that mom comes out."
For instance, she says she responds professionally to those delinquent
clients, but when someone doesn't pay a bill, it bothers her. "It's
almost like an insult," she says. "It's like, 'How do you dare do that
to my daughter?' "
Mom needs training too
Williams, owner of MattBeth Construction in Sunrise, Fla., made a
surprising discovery after hiring his mom to manage his company while he
was overseas: She was fallible.
"I thought my mom was superwoman and that she would take care of
everything," he says. "But the first week I had her in the business, we
lost tons of money."
His mom, Rose, is intelligent and had professional experience in the
construction industry, so he figured "that she would just come in and
take the reins and not need any instruction."
He quickly realized that she needed guidance.
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