I had a boatload of deadline driven work this week for which I am very thankful, of course. The work, however, put me in a tough spot as a parent. There’s nothing I like less than my children having to look at the back my head all day, while the front of it is glued to [...]
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My predominant emotion when considering a “summerproof” work from home plan is fear. My attempt to cobble something together has already begun. I’ve titled this year’s attempt, “Get the kids on board.”
Breaking with the tradition of past years in which I sent the kids to a friend’s for a day or 2 per week, [...]
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Around my house we’re counting down until school’s out (June 5th in our neck of the woods).
While I’m looking forward to having the kiddies at home (really, I am), I know that the avalanche of work will inevitably break free and bury me sometime around, well, June 4th.
So, I’m wondering, what do you do to [...]
Earlier this year The New York Times reached into the “gee whiz” files to pull out a shocking statistic: men don’t do housework, whether they’re gainfully employed or newly laid off. Thus, gender roles may or may not be shifting as women may be becoming the majority of America’s paid workforce.
As a woman working from [...]