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fromPoynter
2 weeks agoWhy I'm begging TV showrunners to stop writing journalists as villains - Poynter
A busy working mom, played by Sarah Snook, rings the bell of a house to pick up her 5-year-old son from an after-school play date. Her son is not there. Neither is the other boy. And the befuddled homeowner has no clue what is going on. Confusion turns to panic, then fear that her son has been kidnapped. Revealed over eight episodes are the sordid secrets of one of the most dysfunctional extended families in narrative history.
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fromScary Mommy
2 weeks agoThis New Mom Wonders How Working Parents Spend Quality Time With Their Young Kids Sleeping 7 PM To 7 AM
Currently have an almost 11 week old girl. While it's not quite time to start any sort of sleep scheduling / training, what I don't understand is why the universal recommendation is to get the children sleeping from 7pm to 7am. I understand that it is important for them to get that much sleep, but the specific hours don't quite make sense, especially for working parents.
Parenting
fromFast Company
1 month agoThe school calendar wasn't built for working parents and it shows
It's a random Tuesday in October, and your kids are home again. A national holiday? Nope. A snow day. Not even a speck of frost on the ground. It's Professional Development Day or Parent-Teacher Conference Half Day or one of the 15 other noninstructional days that appear in the school calendar like little landmines for anyone with a full-time job.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 months agoI'm a working dad with a health condition. I can't do everything my wife does, but here's how we manage the parenting load.
Wesley Graft was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy after his daughter's birth and manages work and parenting through careful coordination, planning, and support.
fromTODAY.com
2 months agoParenting Confession of the Week: Work Doesn't Know My Secret
I've spent the last year working a full-time corporate job in Human Resources for a Fortune 500 company while caring for my one year old son simultaneously. No sitter, no help. We can't afford daycare, and this is the only way it's been possible for me to remain the primary breadwinner because my husband works outside the house and we don't have family nearby.
Parenting
Parenting
fromFortune
3 months agoReturn-to-office mandates are corporate helicopter parenting-and it's hurting everyone involved | Fortune
Return-to-office mandates undermine working parents—especially mothers—reducing participation, straining caregivers, and risking talent loss and business performance.
fromBusiness Insider
3 months agoMillennial parents are clinging to all the job flexibility they can get in this hardcore, RTO era
He loves spending time with his children before and after school, which can sometimes mean logging on a couple of minutes late and making up that time later. The New Hampshire couple is among the 67% of US families with both parents working full time. Business Insider spoke with nearly a dozen working millennial coupleswho are also trying to minimize hired help at a time when daycare costs are outpacing overall inflation.
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