Women do all sorts of work. Parents work incredibly hard, and they contribute an estimated 75% of the national output of work in any given economyâbut it’s not recognized (or paid). Margo Aaron writes about all the things that are real laborâdomestic, caretaking, mental, emotional, psychological, and more.
How did we get to a place where women are expected to do it all? Leadership expert and author Tiffany Dufu shares out to drop the ball, let go of the guilt, and remove the pre-set expectations that hold women hostage.
Kelsey Kerslake runs a design agency as well as a coaching business, and has a young kiddo at home who just turned one. Her husband is an essential worker, so she hasn’t had a minute of childcare or backup help throughout all of this. Here’s how she is rescheduling her days and dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Her questionâcan she keep working on a reduced schedule and still have the same impact?
If you can, bring a group of people together for a dinner or a virtual hangout to talk about the challenges facing working parents. Here are the ways we gather together in community at Startup Pregnant, plus ten conversation starters to use for your own deep-dive. Use them to gather people together. Have everyone share what comes up for them. Sometimes sharing your story is the shift you need to make the next month a whole lot better.
Everyone tells women to bounce back after having a kid. Like, don’t changeâdon’t do anything except, of course, become a mom and be a mother 100% and love your kids and leave work because, obviously, you’ll leave work and you won’t be the same. Except also, don’t change. WTF?
Startup Pregnant is taking a summer break! Thatâs right, we will be off for the month of August, but back to you with fresh weekly content in September. For this summerâs final podcast, Sarah digs into: the real life struggles of being a double working parent family over the summer, the breaks she wishes sheâd taken as a new mom and business owner over the past few years, and explains why literal brakesâlike on carsâare the real reason we can get so much done.