The Problem With Work-Life Balance
Who Holds the Power? The Complexities of Defining Work-Life Balance in Family Structures and Why Parents Need to Take The Power Back.
“What did the first person on earth do for work?”
Kids and their questions!
One minute you’re sitting at the breakfast table with a toasted English muffin; the next, you’re contemplating early civilization and how the first human beings survived.
“The first person didn’t have a job. So they basically just hunted and ate and tried to keep warm in the cold.”
“Why didn’t they have a job?” my daughter asked.
“Because jobs, like we know them, didn’t exist. Thankfully, the earth has given us a lot to live off, and the early people just lived.”
Listen, I know there’s a better answer, but we were minutes away from heading out the door for school. Parents, you understand me.
“If the earth has everything we need, then why do we need jobs?”
I chuckled at a child painting business as a scam, questioning why anyone would need to work a 9–5 day if the first human didn’t have to work one.
