Working Parents on Shine

How much would you risk for your job?: Laura Ling and Euna Lee come home to their families

nospam@example.com ()

A Tweet popped up on my screen early this morning with a link to the photos that captured the moments when journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee stepped off the plane and ran into the arms of their waiting family members. The only words my Twitter friend attached were, "I dare you not to cry."

I did cry. How could you not?

Role Reversal: My Husband's Struggle as a Stay-At-Home Dad

nospam@example.com ()

By Sasha Brown-Worsham I have long been convinced my husband was the superior parent.

His patience is more extensive, his stamina — for "one more" reading of Olivia or…

Recession puts roles of moms and dads in flux

nospam@example.com ()

Interesting article "How the recession is reshaping the American family" over on The Christian Science Monitor about…

School's out, but H1N1 flu still affecting kids (and working parents)

nospam@example.com ()

The H1N1 flu (the pandemic formerly known as swine flu) is no longer front and center in the news, upstaged by protests in Iran and a southern governor who says he was hiking the Appalachian Trail but was really having an adulterous affair. You might think the worrisome virus has completed its journey. The anecdotal stories making their way around our area tell a different story: Kids hit by fevers at the end of the school year were sent home and asked to stay home for at least a week, final exams waived if need be. So do letters going out to parents about summer camps. The one from our township reads that a "Stay Home When You're Sick" policy will be strictly enforced.

June, that crazy work-life-balance month, is worth the juggle

nospam@example.com ()

There she was, the first lady, telling NBC's Brian Williams that she hasn't been able to keep up her usual busy schedule the past few weeks because of activities at her girls' school. It's where she wanted to be, felt she needed to be, and she was there. What a powerful message for working parents (and their employers) to hear--Michelle Obama saying she took time time away from the office to attend school events during the mad dash to the end of the school year.

Could you work with your spouse?

nospam@example.com ()

My husband Peter and I are now seven months into working together every day at Women For Hire. Even though he’s been my biggest cheerleader from a distance, the company has always been my baby, not his. We had toyed with the idea for years that he should give up the only career he had ever known—newspaper journalism—so we could work together. The curiosity, challenge, and fun in his line of work had dissipated and it was high-time for Act Two. Yet, it’s always scary to pull the trigger and up and quit. Both of us were gun-shy.