As I strive to provide consistent loving care for my girls while frequently neglecting myself, I'm reminded of
the airline oxygen mask instructions and the poignant applicability of this metaphor to these intense early years of parenting.
Not exact matches
Hence, the old
airline adage — put on your own
oxygen mask first, before helping others.
Airlines advise you to put on your
oxygen mask before your child's so you can clearly and safely care for another.
It's why
airlines tell parents to put on their
oxygen mask first before they assist their kids.
The cabin will be pressurized; as on
airline flights,
oxygen masks will be for emergencies only.
We justify ignoring our own needs by telling ourselves it's selfish or thinking «I don't need that», but there's a reason
airlines tell you to put on your own
oxygen mask first.
He realized he had to, as they say in the
airline safety demonstration, put his
oxygen mask on first before helping anyone else, specifically his wife and family.
As is repeated on every
airline safety video: Secure your own
oxygen mask before assisting others.
You know how
airline attendants tell us to put on our
oxygen mask first before helping others in case of an emergency?
It is the reason
airlines tell us to put our
oxygen masks on before you can put on your child's
mask.
«It's like the
airline emergency instructions to put on your own
oxygen mask before you help your child,» she says.