How much help do you have in your life? Think work assistant, nanny, personal trainer, shopper, or assistant… we’d love to hear them all!
How Many Helpers Do You Have In Your Life?
Discuss: Is Self-Care Just Adulting?
Let’s talk about self-care — and how it often looks or feels like work or responsibility instead of relaxation. In fact, here’s the question for today: Is self-care just adulting?
How Are Your Work-Life Boundaries Going Right Now?
How are YOUR work-life boundaries right now? Have you found any ways to keep boundaries in place if you’re working from home with kids underfoot?
When Your Husband Works So Late That He Never Sees Your Kids
Does your partner consistently work late and rarely see your kids on weekdays? How do you deal with it? Readers had a great conversation about this recently, so we thought we’d pull it out for a larger discussion..
Are You A “Secret Parent” At the Office? How SHOULD Parents be “Louder”?
Emily Oster recently wrote an article in The Atlantic that too many parents are “secret parents,” encouraging “the polite fiction that after the first several months of leave, the child disappears into a void from which he or she emerges for viewing and discussing only during nonworking hours.” Are you guilty of this? Who should “parent loudly” — and what should they do?
Our Best Advice for New Working Moms
What is your best advice for new working moms about maternity leave, returning to work, and balancing everything?
How to Find Balance as a Working Mom
These are my top four tips on how to find balance as a working mom — but I’d love to hear yours!
Personal Tasks During Work Hours: Yea or Nay?
Where is the line on doing personal tasks during work hours — and does the line change during the holiday season, whether intentionally or unintentionally?
Self-Care Ideas for Working Moms
Self-care has become a big buzzword in the last couple of years, but since we haven’t devoted a post to it, today we thought we’d talk about self-care ideas for working moms. The internet often defines self-care for moms as a giant glass of wine — but let’s go beyond that. You’ve probably heard the advice “put on … Read More about Self-Care Ideas for Working Moms
How To Make The Most Of Face Time At The Office
Something that seems common to a lot of working parents is that face time with coworkers may be more limited, either because you’ve got stricter hours (and miss the happy hour drinks) or you’ve negotiated reduced work hours or another flexible working arrangement. When this happens you’ve got to make the most of the face … Read More about How To Make The Most Of Face Time At The Office
How Do You Define Yourself After Having Kids? Hierarchy of Self and Other Fun Thoughts
So here’s a question that may sound odd: How do you define yourself after having kids? Are you a mother first, or a wife, or a lawyer [insert your job here], or a woman? Where does wife/daughter/friend play into the mix? What is your hierarchy of self? Do you have a strict one that you … Read More about How Do You Define Yourself After Having Kids? Hierarchy of Self and Other Fun Thoughts
Snow Days… and Working Parents
Here’s something we haven’t discussed: snow days… and working parents. In the midst of this week’s “bombcyclone” winter storm (hmm, how does that compare to “Snowmageddon” or “Snowpocalypse“?), we thought we’d share some tips on how to deal with a snow day as a working parent. All along the East Coast today, flights are being … Read More about Snow Days… and Working Parents
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