working parents

The Pandemic Is Continuing To Affect Women's Ability to Work & Be A Mother

One of the great disappointments of the pandemic era is our collective inability—on a societal and structural level—to rise to the occasion, which has only complicated a problem that was already wildly complex. I saw a comment online the other day that the push to return kids to school is just about getting parents back to work, which I don’t think is entirely true, but is true enough to warrant a real discussion and some much-needed structural change, and your situation illustrates that; your k

#AdviceColumn: How to Get a Potential Employer to Look Past a 10-year Work Gap?

Dear Liz, even before the pandemic, I had a hard time getting work. That big ten-year gap in my work history (even with the Navy service in there!) just trips people up. I don't understand how that kind of experience, plus my education, plus my term of service, doesn't seem to matter. I would get callbacks to ask me about my time out of the workforce (before I'd even get an interview) followed by radio silence. These days, I don't even get calls. I know the labor market is crunched right now, bu

Please Don't Tell Me to Put on a Mud Mask

It's Week 21 here, and I am still here — sitting in my corner bedroom, typing away at a makeshift desk. And my children are here, too. Nope, they haven't gone anywhere. Can't you hear that howling in the background as I smile into the webcam and conduct our meeting, pretending everything is ok, and that I have smoothly embraced my new normal?That howling, the wailing, the laughing, the shouting, the screaming — that's the soundtrack of the life of a working mother, now available for all of you t

Working From Home While Parenting in a Pandemic. The Juggle is Real.

had just finished putting my toddler down for a nap when my 3-month-old cried out from the next room — hungry. Again. As I slowly backed out of the room so as not to disturb the nap that took five diligently-read books to achieve, I glanced at my watch — just five minutes to spare before my scheduled Zoom meeting.For working parents, the juggle is real has become our rallying call.

How To Keep It Together When Family Stress Starts Affecting Your Work

Mother, Plastic Surgeon, Entrepreneur: Is There Anything Dr. Lara Devgan Can't Do?

Having a successful career and a happy home life can prove to be a difficult goal for a lot of working mothers, but Yale-educated and Columbia-trained plastic surgeon Dr. Lara Devgan proves that through determination, hard work, and a lot of organization, working moms really can have the best of both worlds.