I’m on the last day of winter school vacation week and already planning for how we’re going to handle this next year. The babysitter cancelled on us this morning 😁. The kid is our top priority but at the cost of our work and overall sanity. Work brain and parent brain are like oil and water - no matter how hard you try, they don’t truly mix. How you handle that is a masterful life skill!
As a self employed therapist who works on billable hours only, this really resonates. My husband and I struggle to balance the load of sick kids or when they have an unexpected day off. We don’t have the luxury of family nearby to help. It’s a tough act that often times makes me so angry at the lack of options we have and the options available are astronomical!
100% you truly cannot care for kids and do work from home. And I don't know when they become more independent but I can tell you its not by 7 years old...
I’m on the last day of winter school vacation week and already planning for how we’re going to handle this next year. The babysitter cancelled on us this morning 😁. The kid is our top priority but at the cost of our work and overall sanity. Work brain and parent brain are like oil and water - no matter how hard you try, they don’t truly mix. How you handle that is a masterful life skill!
As a self employed therapist who works on billable hours only, this really resonates. My husband and I struggle to balance the load of sick kids or when they have an unexpected day off. We don’t have the luxury of family nearby to help. It’s a tough act that often times makes me so angry at the lack of options we have and the options available are astronomical!
100% you truly cannot care for kids and do work from home. And I don't know when they become more independent but I can tell you its not by 7 years old...