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How A Daughter Learned to Negotiate For Pay
My 7-year-old daughter discovered the connection between work and money this weekend and she went all in finding things she could get paid…
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Let’s Meet – In July, Please
I’ve long prided myself on doing everything anyone asked whenever they asked. Home. Work. Kids’ schools. Around town. Fun. I would get it…
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We Rush. Sometimes We Regret It. What’s Learned?
Being a working parent isn’t for the faint of heart. I have the gash on my bald head from this morning as a reminder! I was rushing to feed one daughter breakfast (and convince her she needed a sweater) and chat with my wife who was doing double school …
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How a ‘Cone of Care’ Can Boost Employee Productivity
I looked up from a parent-teacher conference and I saw the image every HR leader, every people leader, wellbeing officer, every person in…
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A Letter To My Daughters’ Employers
To My Daughters’ Managers, Thank you. You’re leading a workforce that I couldn’t imagine in 2019 and struggled to believe would happen in…
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Here’s 1 Thing That Keeps Parents At Work
Every working parent has to consider the cost of childcare. A mouse has it figured out.Imagine this: you pay $10 a day for childcare and…
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A Rule of 3’s To Make School Break Less Stressful
It’s taken me years to understand how to work and parent during a two-week school break. I’ve made mistakes that have lead to unnecessary…
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5 Things Dads Can Do To Show They’re Allies to Moms
Today is International Women’s Day. It’s a day when men need to step forward and speak and act in support of an expansive view of equality. I’m writing as a husband and father of three daughters with a personal and a professional shoutout. If not for t …
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How Do You Sway Between Work, Home and Everything Else Dads Do?
I learned a new phrase last week that allowed a somewhat disjointed birthday to make sense. “Work-life sway.” It’s a phrase I think a lot…
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Money Talks? Save Your Energy For Really Tough Discussions
How do you answer your children’s questions about the world you work and live in? We had a tough series of questions last week that caused…
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What If Caregiver Wages Were A Deductible Expense?
There wasn’t a Super Bowl ad for this level of caregiving. Last night, G came back to help us yet again. She’s been with us since our…
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Sometimes The Example Sinks In
I began my day unexpectedly at the pediatrician’s office and ended it as planned at the allergist where my daughter was looking over my…
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