It does not seem like yesterday
My 6-year-old finished kindergarten earlier this week. Such occasions often call for sentiments such as “My how time has flown!” or “It seems like just …Read More
Category Archives: Parenting & Family
How Jane (or John!) works 55 hour weeks, and sees the kids
One reason, it’s said, that women don’t pursue “big” jobs is that “big” jobs leave no room for family. Even people with superb feminist credentials …Read More
Would you pass up a promotion?
Since Sheryl Sandberg’s book came out in March, there’s been a lot of discussion on leaning in, and various attitudes and barriers that might be …Read More
Til Faith Do Us Part
We often explore the theme on this blog that things are seldom black and white. Any given social phenomenon can have upsides and downsides -- …Read More
The parent card: Is this really an issue?
In any given organization, some people are slackers. Others, perhaps, work hard, but don’t care about working visibly hard. Some people are more efficient than …Read More
Friday links: My budding thespian
Yesterday afternoon, my son's kindergarten class put on a play called "Life Cycles." He was the gardener, and wore his little overalls and straw hat …Read More
How we’re eating these days
There is a common narrative out there about vegetable gardening and kids. In earnest personal essays, parents talk of their picky eaters shunning vegetables. Then …Read More
The dandelion project, and other time use studies
Given the passions that discussion of women, careers, and children seems to spark -- here and elsewhere! -- I’ve been thinking this topic could really …Read More
Making success possible…in kindergarten
We are celebrating a very special boy's 6th birthday around these parts today. My husband and I stopped by his kindergarten class this afternoon to …Read More
Success at Work Challenge Week 3: Make success possible
I’m trying to achieve success at work, and you can too! For the next 5 weeks, I’ll be running a #SuccessAtWork challenge on this blog. …Read More