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Career and Kids

October 6th, 2008

Do You Live In No Vacation Nation?

Do you take your full vacation?  Or perhaps a better question is, do you get vacation time?
According to an initiative called “Time Back Your Time” vacation time for the United States isn’t a sure thing.  More than that, a small percentage of people (14%) “will get a vacation of two weeks or longer this year.”  […]

By Cherie Burbach -- 0 comments

February 23rd, 2008

Vacation hours and the minor holidays

Working parents who have paid vacation or a specific amount of time off are often forced to make decisions about how to use it.
With young kids, I feel like I’m using mine up 4 hours at a time because someone is either sick, or, there’s something going on at school and I have to be […]

By elizabeth -- 1 comment

April 19th, 2007

A host of working parent issues

Today, I have decided to live every working parent related blog article all at once.
As I was reading Paul Nyhan’s Working Dad entry about the nuances of sending sick kids to school, I realized I may have done just that.
My middle child was home with what looked sure to be strep throat yesterday, but, as […]

By elizabeth -- 1 comment