A contribution from Kaethe Schwehn to First the Egg’s ongoing working/parenting series. If you click on that link, you’ll find links to each post in the series as it goes live. A few weeks ago I was asked, over a community meal at our church, “what do you do?” I gave the elderly questioner a brief outline: [...]
Another installment in the working/parenting series. Hi First the Egg readers! Isn’t Molly awesome?! So a big thank you to her for including me in this amazing array of parents writing about working and parenting. I am Jessica Montalino (my last name is a pseudonym). I live in Western Massachusetts, with my partner Ron and my wild and boisterous [...]
[Not a guest post this time, but part of the series on working and/as/while parenting.] here’s my working/parenting story: Once upon a time, two grad students had a baby. We worked too hard, absurdly long hours, and slept too little–but we had flexible work schedules and could pretty easily arrange to have one of us [...]
An interview with Molly Remer of Talk Birth, & part of the working/parenting series that’s ongoing here. The first three of us were Mollys, but I swear I’m done and will give you guest post authors with other first names soon! – What activities in your life do you consider “work”? Do you think of [...]
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I left a tenured academic position, but I am not a goner: A working/parenting post by Anne G. Sabo
Another installment in the working/parenting series. I didn’t leave a tenured position as a college professor to “stay at home” with my child and “not work.” I left because I felt my body scream against the thought of not being with my child, and because I wanted to write. I wanted to write, and not the [...]