Career and Kids

May 5th, 2008

Working mothers only spend 30 minutes a day with children

Yet another study that “shows” working women only spend 30 minutes with their children:
New Delhi: An Assocham study, based on a random survey in which over 3,000 working couples of various companies participated, says a working woman nearly spends 10-hours in office, over 2.5 hour in traveling, almost seven hours sleeping, three hours working in […]

By elizabeth -- 2 comments

November 30th, 2007

Family Stories

One of the “goals” of the elusive work-life balance thing we call crave is being able to spend more time with our children, and, make memories and traditions.
Family Stories has books, activities and stories inspired by real families to encourage them to have even more fun together.
The first five stories within the collection include:
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By elizabeth -- 1 comment

August 30th, 2007

Working parents buy designer pajamas for their children

I’m behind the times on this working parent phenomenon More parents splurging on designer pajamas for their children:
Many working mothers “get home just in time to put their kids to bed. The children are already fed, bathed and in their PJs,” says Amy Lassalle, the owner of two Parisian stores called Le Marchand d’Etoiles ( […]

By elizabeth -- 3 comments

July 31st, 2007

Frugal Summers: 101 Ways to Entertain Yourself and Your Family

As summer (or any holiday season, depending where you are) draws to a close, we might find that the kids are still looking for stuff to do, yet, our wallets may be a bit thinner after the holiday extravaganzas we’ve planned.
The Frugal Panda tells us of 101 Ways to Entertain Yourself and Your Family to […]

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January 22nd, 2007

Spending time in your child’s classroom

This is interesting: Rep. Rodney Hubbard, D-St. Louis, is sponsoring a bill that would require employers to give employees four hours of paid leave every month - six days a year - to spend in their child’s class.
I can see where it would open up a whole can of worms for many reasons: can you […]

By elizabeth -- 4 comments

December 16th, 2006

Special time with my daughter

My working from home has created a really nice time alone with my daughter.
I finish work between 2:30 and 3pm every day. Our son does not get home from preschool until about 3:45pm and my wife gets home a few minutes later.
Since I have no commute right now, that gives me about an hour […]

By mike -- 0 comments

December 14th, 2006

Handling unplanned projects on the weekend

Most full time working parents try to spend more time with their kids on the weekend. What do you do when emergency projects come up? Find ways to include them.
This weekend the toilet broke. It was actually just a little reocurring leak that I got tired of fixing. So, I decided […]

By mike -- 1 comment

December 13th, 2006

Making Christmas important without the religion

Christmas is a religious holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus. It seems like there are two main things that get celebrated during Christmas. Jesus and Commercialism.
If your family is not particularly religious, can you enjoy Christmas without getting overly commercial.
It is easy to fall into the commercial trap, but it can be avoided.
Decorations

Homemade […]

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December 12th, 2006

Importance of job location

My main office is 22 miles from my house according to Mapquest. That would mean that in a normal week I drive at least 220 miles. I hardly ever have an assignment closer to my house than our main office is.
My car gets approximately 30 miles per gallon which would mean that I […]

By mike -- 6 comments

December 1st, 2006

Playing with the kids in the snow

What do you do when you have been cooped up in the house for most of the week and you get hammered with 6-10 inches of snow?
Snowball fight!
I’m taking on the kids tomorrow (technically later today I guess). They might only be 4, but there are two of them and I’m sure their mom […]

By mike -- 3 comments