Parents: Think as broadly and creatively as possible about the flex arrangement that will work for you.
Instead of holding yourself to unrealistic standards borne of a wartime environment, ask yourself:Maybe that means having the kids stay in the school aftercare program two days a week so you can make it to in-person sales calls, or maybe now that your partner is back at work full time, you decide to extend the nanny-share arrangement to cover Fridays as well.
You worked at home for two-plus years and never missed a Zoom call, much less a deadline. Now, your company is pushing for a return to the office…and it feels as if you’re being asked to relinquish the single precious tool that makes being a working parent possible. Remote work was a godsend during the pandemic, and it may still be a powerful, core tool in your working-parent arsenal — but it’s not theone. If a key goal is to be available to your kids during evening homework time, perhaps shifting your hours or working a compressed schedule could do the trick instead.
Instead, try opening up the aperture. If you can create a mental picture of where you want to be professionally, personally, and as a parent years from now, it will make the responsibilities of working parenthood look much more feasible today.
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