Category Archives: Flexible work

Ellen Galinsky: “We have seen a real change in both women and men.”

By FWInews | Published: March 10, 2010
Here is Ellen Galinsky on PRI’s The Takeaway Since December 2007, seven million jobs have been lost in our country, and the majority of those who’ve lost their jobs have been men. At the same time, females have been returning to the workforce in higher numbers than their male counterparts, and more and more women [...]
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Kids Directing Air Traffic Control: What’s the Story?

By Lois Backon | Published: March 8, 2010
I was on the treadmill, after listening to The Today Show’s 7:00 AM opening.  The lead story was about the Air Traffic Controller who brought his 8 year-old son and 8 year-old daughter to work with him, two nights in a row.  The children took the microphone, and with their Dad’s instructions, communicated with pilots [...]
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Dual-Income Parents: The Exhausted American Middle

By Morra | Published: March 4, 2010
I posted this on BlogHer.com this week. Back in the mythic 50s and 60s, housewives like Betty Friedan and Betty Draper were very bored. The Feminine Mystique opens with this description of an average housewife’s day: “Many women no longer left their homes, except to shop, chauffeur their children or attend a social engagement with their husbands.” Contrast [...]
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Listen to the “What Kids Really Think About Their Working Parents” Podcast

By Morra | Published: February 10, 2010
Great discussion with Ellen Galinsky, Lisa Belkin, and Dr. Joshua Coleman: click here for the podcast. (Note: the Talkshoe service doesn’t like Firefox, for some reason. If the link doesn’t work, try another browser. Sorry). Lisa Belkin blogged about the show here. For highlights, check out the live Twitter feed on Fem2pt0, with good quotes, including: # [...]
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What Do Kids Really Think About Their Working Parents? Tune in Wed. 1pm to Learn

By Morra | Published: February 8, 2010
This Wednesday, February 10, 1 PM EST, join us on Talkshoe.com, as Ellen Galinsky, president of Families and Work Institute and author of Ask the Children and Mind in the Making, moderates a discussion with Lisa Belkin, New York Times writer and author of the Motherlode blog on nytimes.com, and clinical psychologist Joshua Coleman, author [...]
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“The House of Work Is a Tear-Down”

By Morra | Published: January 14, 2010
Arresting title, and absolutely thought-provoking post from Chrysula Winegar here: “Adjusting for both factors (of access to better childcare and equal pay for the same work), I still will not be enticed back into full time work right now. Possibly not ever. I simply do not want to be away from my children for all those [...]
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Research highlights from Working Mother Congress 2009

By Carol Bryce Buchanan | Published: January 4, 2010
On December 15th, FWI hosted an “encore” of the research panel “New Results/Next Steps” convened for the 2009 Working Mother WorkLife Congress. The panel gives an excellent perspective on why flexible work options are so important to companies and employees. You can download the presentation here, or listen to a podcast of the call. We were [...]
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“Motherhood wasn’t just all about me as one person”: Mojo Mom Looks Back on the 2000s

By Morra | Published: January 4, 2010
This retrospective piece from Amy Tiemann, aka MojoMom, crystallizes what so many working parents face as we think about the larger meaning of our own, cobbled together work-life situations. Amy writes that when she became a mom in 1999, from her own “ruggedly individualistic” perspective her choice to opt-out for a bit wasn’t so bad. [...]
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In Good Company: Inspired Coworking Environment

By Morra | Published: December 14, 2009
Working for yourself can offer many benefits, but can be lonely. Until you start working on your own, it’s hard to realize the camaraderie that comes with working in an office environment. And you often have a built in kitchen cabinet for getting advice and support, bouncing off new ideas, and learning. That’s why the new [...]
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What were the most significant work life stories of 2009?

By FWInews | Published: December 8, 2009
Judy Martin writes, “Recession, a new American president, record high unemployment, women now at half the workforce and health care reform. An instant visual for a year that thrust the concept of work life balance into the headlines, while dismantling the very idea that such a dynamic even exists.” Her picks: 1. The Obama Administration takes [...]
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