All posts tagged "work-life balance"
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Theresa Edwards | April 30, 2014
What It’s Like To Get A Child Ready For School In 5 Minutes, In GIFs
By May, everyone is so utterly burned out and checked out that all of that goes out the...
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Carinn Jade | January 3, 2014
Florida Lawyer’s Staff Mandate Suggests That Work Life Balance Is About Permission
It seems shockingly simple, but this kind of open and outward policy could make all the difference in...
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Carinn Jade | December 17, 2013
Research Shows Moms Of All Income Ranges Suffer From Superwoman Syndrome And Everyone Loses For It
Perry-Jenkins spent 10 years following hundreds of working-class and poor mothers in New England. When Perry-Jenkins sat down...
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Carinn Jade | December 2, 2013
Sheryl Sandberg Wants Your Boss To Lean In To Your Uterus By Discussing Your Pregnancy Plans
The deeper issue for me, isn't a concern of running amok of the anti-discrimination laws. It's a matter...
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Carinn Jade | November 15, 2013
Paid Paternity Leave Might Be The Key To Flexible Schedules And Real Work-Life Balance
Think about it, if it no longer becomes common that only the woman takes time off -- if...
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Carinn Jade | April 25, 2013
This 7th-Grader Schooled Me In The Exception To The ‘Don’t Pursue Your Passions As Work’ Rule
With years of experience in the working world, I'm a little jaded about career paths and my realities...
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Maria Guido | March 10, 2013
In Most Unsurprising Survey Ever, New Moms Report Extra Workplace Stress
The results of an annual survey by the American Psychological Association not only found that women experience more...
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Koa Beck | October 22, 2012
Egg Freezing Is No Longer ‘Experimental’ But Don’t Sign Up Your Daughter Just Yet
Until we move towards a more progressive workplace structure that mirrors the change in families (i.e. not Mad...
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Carinn Jade | October 5, 2012
My Husband Doesn’t Worry About ‘Having It All,’ He Just Does It All — Kind Of
Work-life balance is a problem that doesn't just affect women, it affects men too. Or that's what...
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Koa Beck | June 27, 2012
You Can’t Escape The #HavingItAll Debate
The phrase "having it all" has brought the interwebs to new levels of squeamishness in response to that...
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Koa Beck | April 20, 2012
Be Jealous: A Week In A Finnish Mother’s Maternity Leave
Mommyish interviewed a Finnish mother named Liisa about her day-to-day life while on maternity leave in her home...
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Koa Beck | April 19, 2012
WORK Act Gives Low-Income Women A Piece Of That SAHM Privilege
All this talk about Ann Romney's privilege -- and therefore ability -- to choose stay-at-home motherhood for her...
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Koa Beck | April 4, 2012
Your Boobs May Recover From Breastfeeding But Your Income Won’t
So in the long term for many many women, this means significantly less money in the bank for...