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There are a million different scheduling issues that need to be figured out for working parents and it’s disappointing that a working mother and brilliant mind like Marissa Mayer doesn’t address the nuances of that in her new policy. More
The other night, my kids were sitting at our table doing their homework and my younger son asked his older brother for help. Immediately, my older son responded, “I can’t. Do you have any idea how stressed out I am? I’m absolutely swamped with work.”
I was busy cooking dinner but I stopped in my tracks. He was “stressed out”? He was “swamped”? It was like listening to a recording of myself, and not of my best self. More
If I’m going to be really honest with myself, and why I’m so annoyed with having to get a sitter, I would have to admit that it might have less to do with the fact that I have to work late. It has more to do with the fact that the reason I can’t ask my ex-husband to watch the kids or my mother to watch them or my brother or a friend is because they all have plans. They all have plans because it’s Valentine’s Day. And I don’t have plans. I have work. More
I definitely never set out to be the parents who is “best friends” with my kids. This wasn’t something that necessarily interested me because, well, I had friends, plenty of them. But as time has gone on and my sons have gotten older and my life has gotten busier with work, I’ve found myself having less and less time to spend with friends. So, by default, most of my social activity tends to revolve around what my kids are doing. More
In my daily life, since I am always balancing work and family—with some purely personal time thrown in—I never feel like I’m doing anything perfectly. If I had to choose between my kids and work, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second before focusing on my kids. But now that I will have some time where the juggling act is paused, I’m pretty sure I’m going to just focus 100% on work and make up for what I feel like I don’t do well enough on a regular basis. More
Maybe if my children were struggling in school or if I had some doubts as to what their academic potentials were, I would be a little more focused on getting them to do their homework, but it just feels like so much busy work to me. More
Why couldn’t my life look like the lives online? Why did the tinsel on my Christmas tree come out all clustered and clumpy instead of looking like silvery, retro icicles? Why don’t my kids wear matching pajamas or even agree to smile for the camera? Okay, who am I kidding—why don’t I ever even remember to take pictures of my children until the perfect moment has passed? Why is my life so unpinnable? More
One of the decisions that I have always felt confident about is the fact that I had my kids early. Fast forward 10 years later and I am on my way to establishing myself in the career that I always wanted and have two amazing children who are becoming more and more independent by the day. Perfect, right? Well, kind of. More
Is it weird to say that I froze? That I actually felt more rejected in that moment than I’d felt in just about any moment in my adult life? More
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If I have to rush home to relieve my babysitter, I am more likely to say that I need to go walk my dog instead. In fact, I find that I am far more likely to talk about my dog or show pictures of her scraggly, furry face than of my children’s unscraggly, unfurry faces. More
I’m not saying that being a SAHM means yoga and relaxation for everyone—especially not if you have a child who is too young for school. But I am saying that as a working mom, I have no time to eat some days. More
I thought I was staying on top of it though, checking his bag each night—okay, most nights—and consistently going over his completed homework. After his first month of school, I hadn’t seen much in the way of science assignments. More
It’s not that I’m bored with my old friends but the routines of my old lifestyle. And the sort-of blindered lives that many parents live, focusing only on their children and not much else that’s going on in the outside world. More
I have been going crazy working at home every day with both of my kids underfoot. NYC schools have been cancelled for the entire week and for at least two of the days it was too dangerous to go outside with them. So now, I’m going a little bit (totally) crazy. More
