In the traditional family model, reconciling work and family life for women is a common challenge. National literature often identifies women as a disadvantaged group in the labour market, especially mothers with young children. Based on various psychological studies, mothers play a key role in ensuring the conditions for their children's healthy development during the childcare period. In addition, there is often financial pressure to return to work as soon as possible. In the public perception and also in the minds of mothers who look after their children at home, there is a perception of a decline in their abilities and a corresponding decline in their self-esteem. Our research aimed to highlight the repertoire of everyday activities that mothers perform in their daily lives, based on competences that can be transformed into labour-market skills. Our goal is to identify mothers’ skills and explore how they view their own skills. We hope that our results will increase the self-esteem of the target group and change the attitudes of labour market actors towards them.