Christine Armstrong

The Mother of All Jobs

How to Have Children and a Career and Stay Sane(ish)

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Produktbeschreibung

The Mother of All Jobs is about the battle to make modern working parenting actually work. If not for our own sanity, then perhaps for our children's. It's time for a different conversation about working and parenting. As our working days get ever longer and our phones keep so many of us glued to work, the needs of our children and the world of school and childcare has not changed at all. School summer holidays are still longer than our annual leave. Working mothers everywhere are tearing themselves apart, trying to meet the needs of their children, their relationships and their careers and too often feeling like they are failing. So is there a solution? When Christine Armstrong became a mother, it never occurred to her that she would want to give up her job. But the truth is, combining work and small kids is hard, and when Christine tried it, she found herself desolate with misery. Determined to find a way forward, she looked for answers by interviewing other working moms and found that she wasn't alone. The Mother of All Jobs brings together the wisdom of the women who opened up about everything (and we mean everything) into a manifesto for happy professional families. Ignoring the glossy lives presented on social media, this book shows that, while it's not always pretty, working parents can thrive if they have the knowledge others learned the hard way.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 130mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9781472956255
• ISBN-10: 1472956257
• Artikelnr.: 54836047

Autorenporträt

Christine Armstrong

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The parent crunch - why I've written this book 1 My story 2 I
love my job but is it time I settled down and thought about kids? 3 Wow, I
feel like I've totally lost control and don't know who I am any more 4
Right, I need to get back to work 5 I've always been able to cope with
everything, so why do my kids make me so crazy? 6 How come I feel lonely
even though I'm surrounded by people all the time? 7 Help, I think I've
done a crap job of raising my child 8 Alpha/beta, the pros and cons of dads
as lead parents 9 The alpha/alpha couples 10 Solo 11 Why does dealing with
school turn me into a child? 12 Help, my teenager is causing problems 13
What do the dads think? 14 The questions people ask me 15 Conclusions
References Thank you Index