One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Make Family Events More Enjoyable With Friends

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Better Together: Why Inviting Another Family Makes Activities More Fun #FamilyFun Sometimes family activities can feel like another item on the to-do list. However, doing those activities with another family makes them more fun! Whether it’s a trip to an amusement park , a visit to the local pool , or trip to a pumpkin patch , including another family can multiply the fun in amazing ways. One of my favorite moms to collaborate with is my friend, Ayana Ledford who's pictured above with her daughter Sahar. We have done all of the things listed as seemingly random examples above and here is how including her and her daughter (and sometimes her son too) has made the events more fun. On the date above, Ayana almost left the venue because parking was a nightmare. That said, she hung in there and we would up having a great time!
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Reading on the Run: Articles of Interest to Working Moms

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Below is a series of articles of interest to working moms. They discuss diverse topics like Korean mothers leaving the workforce to manage their children's education, a working mom who relies on flex time, and my favorite, "The 19 Challenges of Being a Working Mom".
 
Enjoy!!!


What's eating working moms?
The Korea Herald
In a recent survey of 710 working moms by recruitment information provider Job Korea, 87 percent said they had thought about quitting of them when their kids fell sick (61.3 percent), when they found it difficult to manage children's education (55.9 ...
For working mom Lisa Ramsay Cole, flex time crucial to her success
Nashville Business Journal (blog)
According to a 2011 University of Chicago study, law has one of the highest working mother "drop out" rates of any career. Nearly 25 percent of mothers with law degrees leave the workforce after 15 years, compared to six percent of mothers with medical ...
More on mom-in-law critical of her working daughter-in-law
The Seattle Times
More on mom-in-law critical of her working daughter-in-law. Advice columnist Carolyn Hax's readers chime in on a once stay-at-home mom's digs at her working daughter-in-law, and Carolyn herself responds to an adult child tired of her mom's criticisms.

 
19 Challenges of Being a Working Mom | Skinny Mom | Tips for ...
It's not easy being a working mom! Here is a list of challenges unique to working and raising children at the same time.

 
Laurie Puhn: The Email Every Working Mom Should Send
I know many mothers and caring nannies who have witnessed inappropriate behavior by other nannies they know on the playground, at a playdate, in stores or ...

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