Tag Archives: Work-Life Balance
Just another warm winter Sunday in Vantucky
What’s a family? You know what they say: Love makes a family. (Taking out the trash helps, too.) Here’s a grab bag of lovingly compiled, loosely family-related matters for your sunny Sunday. Boy, am I enjoying this freakishly warm weather. I’m also trying not to think too hard about what it means, big picture and […]
CEO: You can’t have it all
The discussion hasn’t stopped since Anne-Marie Slaughter wrote “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All” in the Atlantic two years ago. We just can’t stop asking: Can women have successful careers and families at the same time? PepsiCo CEO Indra K. Nooyi’s answer cuts to the quick: “I don’t think women can have it all. I […]
Telecommuting makes things easier, but working family life is still a juggle
One thought struck me when I visited Christian Bullock’s Vancouver home office recently for a story on telecommuting: Working from home doesn’t mean you don’t need childcare. Nor does it end the juggle that is the reality for dual-career couples. Bullock hands his kids off to a nanny who watches the two toddlers in the […]
Kids, work, fun: How do you combine them?
Books about balancing family and work obligations are topping best-seller lists lately. You’ve got Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In,” Brigid Schulte’s “Overwhelmed,” and Jennifer Senior’s “All Joy and No Fun,” to name a few. I’ve read them all. I’m riveted by this national discussion about how families can make a living, rear children and somehow manage […]