How To Thrive As a Working Parent
Being a working parent can sometimes feel like a guilt inducing, chaotic state of affairs when trying to meet the needs of work, home and self.
In a recent Harvard Business Review IdeaCast Podcast,
How to Thrive as a Working Parent
, Daisy Dowling describes 5 common challenges parents face and strategies that help. You may find these ideas helpful, not only for parents, but also for anyone who is trying to balance outside priorities with work.
The 5 core challenges include:
1.
Transitions:
How can we prepare better for big transitions, like coming back from parental leave, or daily transitions, like coming home from work every day?
2.
Practicalities:
The to-do list always seems impossible. How do we not beat ourselves up or get into conflict at home/work about the things we didn’t get done?
3.
Communication
: How do we ask for flexibility at work or talk to our kids about having to be away for work?
4.
Loss
: How do we better manage feeling like we’ve missed out when we can’t be at two places at once?
5.
Identity
: Who are we after we have children, and how can knowing that help in decision making at home and at work?
The podcast ends with how managers, leaders and policies can further help support people at work.
Thanks to Andy Gross for this podcast recommendation!
