Parental Leave

Do you know why I work from home most of the time? Because I’m a single mum of a 7-year-old and it’s far easier to juggle school drop-offs and childcare when I largely work from home. The school day finishes at 3.30pm and this year places for after school club…

I spent my 20s in Brooklyn paying off student debt, anxious about tenuous healthcare, and losing faith in American politics. What I did not spend my 20s doing was thinking about babies. In fact, any idea in the back of my mind that I might one day reproduce only grew…

Month notes from the edge of Parental Leave — Bright lights, disorienting noise from the crowd, and some technology that might not be plugged in quite right… but that is placed before me, awaiting my performance. …

Did you know that PEOs are behind most employers that offer the best employee benefits? One effective method by which big companies retain their workers and attract great talents is by offering competitive and mouth-watering benefits to workers. …

Almost exactly a year ago, my husband and I found out that we were expecting a baby. As we started sharing the happy news with family and friends over the next few months, the questions started rolling in: When are you due? Do you know if it’s a boy or…

What to expect in your first few weeks — We’ve now been living in Sintra, Portugal for two weeks which officially marks our longest family vacation ever. We’ve had a chance to get settled in our new apartment, sample the local cuisine, get the kids settled into school, learn more about our new community of families, and explore our…

I have been a parent for a little over a year, but it is only recently that I have felt what it’s like to be a mother. Before you attack me for being sexist, hear me out. My better half has gone back to work full time, which means I…

The news has been almost unbearable to consume this past month for the majority of Americans who support a person’s right to choose what happens to their own body. The country has moved backwards to make women second class citizens again in the name of being “pro-life” or as some…