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Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently…
Coronavirus News & Resources
- Law.com reported that Above the Law founder David Lat is still in ICU in treatment for COVID-19. He and his family are in our thoughts.
- PopSugar answered questions about navigating childcare in the midst of coronavirus.
- Harvard Business Review explained how to work from home with kids.
- The New York Times also provided tips on feeding kids during coronavirus.
- The Washington Post shared advice on keeping your cool with your kids right now.
- Serious Eats offered an extensive guide to coronavirus food safety, including information on takeout and delivery.
- Here are a couple of fun home fitness challenges: 28 days of squats, planks, and lunges (from MyFitnessPal), and 30 days of push-ups (from Shape).
- Your (very relatable) Laugh of the Week is from The Onion.
In Other News…
- BuzzFeed listed 26 beginner-friendly meals that kids can help make.
- Mater Mea rounded up 35 kids’ TV shows that feature Black characters as the stars — not the sidekicks.
Also, do be sure to check out the news update over at Corporette!
On Corporette Recently…
- The Hunt suggested the most comfortable bras for working from home.
- We talked about how to change your spending in a recession.
- We rounded up the best office chairs for working from home.
- We asked readers how quarantine is going.
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anonn says
we’re supposed to be wearing a bra?
Anonymous says
Glad it’s not just me! I went 3 days in a row braless this week. Glorious
Realist says
Is it just me, or are some of these work from home schedules simply not sustainable for the months that this is expected to last? I work for myself and have had to cut my hours way down after our childcare closed and I don’t see those hours coming back anytime soon. I won’t be taking new clients and may have to turn down projects for existing ones, since I can count on my spouse only helping for 1-2 hours a day, sometimes 3 or 4 hours. I am worried about my friends that are sleeping 3-5 hours a night to put in a full day with kids and their job. I just don’t see how this is sustainable.
Anon says
I think it’s a situation-dependent thing. I made a decision to prioritize my physical health (which means 8-9 hours of sleep) and my mental health, which means some time each day for resting and relaxing and taking weekends completely off work. As such, I’m only working maybe 4 hours per day. I made this choice because ultimately I feel like my health is more important than my career and my husbands salary is enough to support us. I realize I’m privileged to be able to put my job on the back burner like this, and that other people can’t do that without getting immediately fired and they need the income.
Jeffiner says
My husband and I work for the same company, and while we’re considered salaried employees we’re expected to put in 40 hours a week. The company relaxed their policy so that they don’t care when/which days a week you work, but in between taking care of the kid we’re each only getting 6-8 hours a day. We’re treating weekends like any other day and we just keep working all week long. It doesn’t help that work is slow for me right now, I still have to log on for those 40 hours. My husband is busier and he’s handling this better. I would say that we’re splitting childcare and housecare pretty evenly, so there’s that, but I want a weekend!