And it's not
just working moms — we all deal with the endless anxiety about to - do lists, chores, career goals, relationships, and more.
I'm
just a working mom trying to balance 3 kids, two with PKU (don't worry, most people have never heard of it), my husband of 11 years, teaching high school theatre by day, and taking grad school classes at night.
Not exact matches
The lesson from Cohen and the TED team is not
just about commitment to customers or simply the speed at which they responded and contained what could have become a social media disaster (this was, after all, a conference designed, in part, to appeal to
working moms).
When flexibility is
just for
moms, it creates an unfortunate double stigma that makes companies both less likely to hire them and other types of workers less likely to take advantage of flex -
work policies.
As a
working mom who is passionate about improving lives through flexible
work options, her company serves the needs of remote workers, digital nomads and people who want more freedom,
work / life balance or
just want to escape the office!
Our target audience is
moms with kids, and I
just walked into a room of guys with ties,»» said Warren Kornblum, who
worked as chief marketing officer in the late 1990s and mid-2000s.
Smaller fixes include making it more obvious that flexible
work options and parental leave aren't
just for
moms.
«As a
working mom, I know how important it is to be ready for anything — and sometimes the clothes we're wearing get messy, or
just aren't right for the moment at hand,» says Sharon Rosenger, CEO of New Jersey - based CBO Baby, whose company produces adaptive clothing for children with special needs.
«Certainly
working moms are kind of the most visible, but it's a misconception that that's the only audience that's interested... Both
working moms and dads, and also people with health issues, or who are [taking care of] people with health issues, people who live in rural or locally depressed economies, military spouses, people who want to travel, and certainly millennials «-- are
just some of the categories of people seeking job flexibility.
Flexible jobs aren't
just desired by
working moms anymore.
Then let's make abortion illegal, get rid of social service agencies including CPS and
just take the kids from the «welfare»
moms and house them in
work dormatories and as soon as they can walk and understand we can put them to
work.
I tried and tried to
just suck it up and fulfill the lengthy list of expectations, but I
just couldn't handle
working sixty to seventy hours a week (especially not as a single
mom trying to homeschool a middle schooler).
It takes a few months to get in a routine with breastfeeding, sleeping, and knowing your babies» rhythms —
just about the time many
moms return to
work.
Forever... Then I went to
work at my
mom's office because I needed something else to do besides plan my wedding (
just in case the rapture happened).
Just this past week, the
mom was sick and the dad stayed home from
work in hopes of keeping the kids alive for another day.
I'm a busy
working wife and
mom of two and while I'd love to cook the day away with from - scratch meals, it's
just simply not possible.
My
mom roasts her own chili's and tomatoes which
just seems like too much
work for me.
She handed it out to folks she
works with and one person told her that it was
just like his
moms and another said it was
just like their grandmas.
They
work well as a stocking stuffer for
mom (
just don't leave them too close to the fire or you'll have a puddle of White Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles).
She was a new
mom,
just starting to
work on losing the (barely there) baby weight, and I was a couple years into a... errrr... lackluster dating streak.
I followed a «new & easy» recipe and they burnt up and the house was full of smoke for hours and we need a new oven the stench will not go away my
mom told me
just use the directions you have don't try those that won't
work and she was right always listen to your mother...
I called up my dear fren Kah Hoe for the recipe, and the cake was done in less than 2 hours (shopping, baking, cooling, cutting)... and
just in time for my
mom to came back from
work..
She told me point blank not to be afraid and to
just go do it (who cares about school
work anyways... thanks
mom!).
Of course,
just like any
mom on a mission, August's
work is never done; she continues to create new and delicious ways for MALK lovers everywhere to enjoy it.
If you're like my
mom, you may be weirded out by the idea of a sweet potato dessert (to be fair, she's also one of those anti-pumpkin people), but but BUT, think about it... sweet potato adds moisture
just like pumpkin, but it's sweeter, so it
works perfectly in these little spiced cakes.
My
mom always told me that sometimes you have to put the
work aside and
just have fun, so that's what we did!
I passed it to my
mom who tried to
just put the dough as large pancakes on a parchment - lined cookie sheet in the oven at 425 for 15 minutes (or 18 if you like it crispy) and it
works great too!
And finally, people like me... busy
working moms who although love to cook, sometimes
just want a nutritious, no brainer dinner ready with little effort.
I haven't done that myself, but I remember my
mom freezing pasta e fagioli when I was a kid, and I think it
worked out
just fine.
These waffles are actually super easy to put together, and though my
mom put her's through her super high tech food processor, I
just stick my batter in my Blendtec and it
works just the same.
Maybe you can convince someone to make them for you... you are a new
mom and
just went back to
work.
«I think the most special thing about his funeral is when his
mom talked and she
just said, «He always said he
worked with kids, but I didn't believe that he really
worked with kids like that.»
Many married
moms have said they'd prefer to
work part time, echoing what the rest of society believes is ideal for kids, while the majority of men would
just prefer to
work outside the home.
Being a single
mom or
working outside of your home or
just the fact that you are growing another human being inside of you can be stressful.
My
mom moved into our studio apartment for the first six months of our second son's life, enabling me to head to
work without worrying about the boys (and allowing us to take our first vacation as a couple that, sadly and humorously, had to end after
just one day.).
However, I feel bad because I have to use paper towels at
work, and I've had to use them a couple of times at my
mom's and
just once or twice at home.
Yet when I talked to Fertility Planit founder Karin Thayer, a single
mom by choice who wanted a partner but things
just didn't
work out that way, she shared with me what another single
mom by choice told her — it's easier.
I'm a writer with a very flexible schedule —
just the kind of
mom whose
work time gets bitten into when a child care crisis arises.
Whether you are a single
mom or a
working mother, you need to realize that education today is
just not for kids alone.
When I look back on this summer I will see in my mind's eye the faces of the hundreds if not thousands of youth and high school football
moms and dads who I have been
working with, not
just from Oklahoma but in
just about every state in the nation, to make the sport safer.
As a
working mom, it often feels like I hardly see them and when I do see them it is
just rushing through the things that have to get done as part of our daily routine.
Once upon a time there was a new
mom who
just wanted to go on vacation with her husband and baby before she had to go back to
work.
I think the film shows what can happen when all stakeholders, especially
moms,
work together as a team to make the sport of football safer, not
just for their kids but for all kids.
It's a crap argument - especially when most every
mom I
work with is right back here at
work, pumping away in the mothers room
just 12 weeks after the birth of their baby.
Luckily, I think I've found what
just might be the best breast pump for
working moms!
Which is why these sexist and offensive questions and comments don't
just hurt
working moms, they hurt dads, too.
Our core team are all
moms with small kiddies, and between us we've faced
just about every breastfeeding challenge there is, from attachment issues, low supply, pumping at
work, and pumping for prem bubs.
Enter the nanobébé innovative bottle feeding system: the first and only bottle created exclusively to support baby and
mom's breastfeeding relationship for those times when
mom can't be right there, such as when she needs to go back to
work — or maybe
just for a much - needed night off.
I have heard horror stories about babies whose
mom's went to
work and they
just didn't eat during the day, for 10 hours, because they refused the bottle.
«I think every
working mom probably feels the same thing which is you go through big chunks of time where you're
just going «This is impossible — Oh, this is impossible.»