WSJ.com on choices and tradeoffs people make as they juggle work and family. I got high when I was on maternity leave. Wait, dont flame me! My drug of choice was legal. My baby wasnt yet a month old when I rediscovered caffeine. I used to down at ...
One night last week I missed my three-month-old son’s bedtime for the first time. Oh, and I slept through the conclusion of the election. While my neighbors were out celebrating in the streets — I was tucked into bed, oblivious to history. You see I’m ...
When I first learned I was pregnant back in December, I thought for sure that I would work right up until my due date — barring any orders from my doctor to stop sooner. That’s still the plan, but as I’ve been learning lately, there are definite ...
Reaching the third trimester of pregnancy has been pretty wonderful so far. The excitement and anticipation of welcoming a new person into the world is building. (I can feel him kicking all the time!) So far the big drawback hasnt been swollen feet or ...
How long will you take for maternity leave? Im expecting my first baby in early August and I frequently get this question from colleagues, friends and family. Its second only to Do you know what youre having? The answer to that question was resolved ...
Jovi Juan, WSJ.com’s senior graphics editor sent in this post: Maybe it was the deadened embers of my pupils, or the angle and slump of my shoulders, but a while back I got a week off for, in the words of my boss, working like a dog for the past month. ...
In his Real Time column today, Jason Fry writes about his 5-year-old sons limited experience with computers. The family has plenty of them, and his son knows what they are and roughly what they do, but thats about the extent of his digital immersion so ...
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