A day in the life of a NYC Upper West Side mom who works from home and raises two kids in one of America's most expensive cities

• Raising children in New York City's Upper West Side isn't easy, Emily Prawda-Weiss told Business Insider (and she spoke from experience).
• Prawda-Weiss manages her household and takes care of her kids while her husband works for a Wall Street bank.
• Despite the hustle and bustle, NYC has some perks: Prawda-Weiss takes her kids to the theater and surrounds them with cultural diversity. She also gets to attend networking sessions and panels exclusive to the area. 
• Here's a day in the life of a mom on the Upper West Side.
• Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

Being a mom is a tough job.

While many assume going to work means sitting at a desk all day, moms need to take care of managing the household, caring for their kids, cleaning the home — and often on top of a career. 

Read more: Something interesting happened when Bill Gates started driving his daughter to school

Emily Prawda-Weiss knows the challenges of raising children as a working mom first hand. Prawda-Weiss resides in New York City's Upper West Side, one of the busiest (and most expensive) neighborhoods in the country. Since her husband works at a bank during the day, Prawda-Weiss gets her girls ready for school and works from home for Big City Moms, a website for expectant mothers.

Prawda-Weiss, who grew up in Brooklyn, feels comfortable with the commotion in New York City: she juggles much of the cooking, housework, and caretaking, while working from home full-time in the country's most populous city.

"No matter what, a mom is working hard because of the emotional labor she takes with her day-to-day, because she has to manage a family and manage a household as well," Prawda-Weiss said in an interview with Business Insider.

Here's what the life of a mom on NYC's Upper West Side is actually like. 

SEE ALSO: Melinda Gates shocked Bill when she quit her high-powered Microsoft job because she 'assumed' women were supposed to stay home and raise kids

Emily Prawda-Weiss lives in the Upper West Side with her husband, Andrew, and her daughters, Delilah and Sylvie. She works from home as a partnership coordinator for Big City Moms.

Sylvie and Delilah are 8 and 10, respectively. They attend different schools on the Upper West Side and Upper East Side. Andrew works at a Wall Street bank from 9 am to 6 pm most days.

Each morning, Prawda-Weiss wakes up at 6:30 am to make breakfast for her two daughters.

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