Articles Written by:    JOHN J. EDWARDS III     

What Are You Reading?

WSJ.com on choices and tradeoffs people make as they juggle work and family. My wife and I kick things off on our commuter-train ride by reading the Wall Street Journal and one of its competitors. When we split up at the terminal, she generally ...

From JOHN J. EDWARDS III, Wall Street Journal,  1 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  John Cheever,  Digg,  Facebook Inc.

How Important Is It to Socialize With Colleagues?

WSJ.com on choices and tradeoffs people make as they juggle work and family. One of the fundamental tensions of the juggle is how much to focus on work and how much to focus on family. They can be complementary, of coursework helps to support our ...

From JOHN J. EDWARDS III, Wall Street Journal,  25 Nov 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Senate

Jostling Colleagues for Vacation Time

Workplaces around the country are lightly attended this week as families enjoy some time off ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. But theyd be even emptier if everyone had gotten the vacation time they were after. The Juggle wrote back in June about ...

From JOHN J. EDWARDS III, Wall Street Journal,  24 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Morgan Stanley

101 Days of Sex: Making Time for Intimacy

Making time for sex and other relationship intimacy amid the demands of work and family life has been an occasional topic here at The Juggle. Now, inspired by another couples experience, my wife and I are taking a new approach meant to ensure a ...

From JOHN J. EDWARDS III, Wall Street Journal,  24 Nov 2008

Where are the Best Places to Raise Kids?

The magazine analyzed a variety of factors, including school performance, affordability and safety, as well as job growth, racial diversity, air quality, recreational facilities and cultural offerings, according to the article. BusinessWeek also ...

From JOHN J. EDWARDS III, Wall Street Journal,  17 Nov 2008

When Your Child’s Development Doesn’t Meet Expectations

Having high expectations for our childrens behavior, emotional development and school performance is certainly better than having low expectationsbut do we sometimes take it too far? Thats the argument of Alan E. Kazdin, a Yale professor of psychology ...

From JOHN J. EDWARDS III, Wall Street Journal,  10 Nov 2008

Keeping In Touch When Little Friends Move Away

Watching our children develop friendships has been one of the satisfying aspects of parenthood for me and my wife. Our 4-year-old son and, especially, our 7-year-old daughter have several close chums, and its a pleasure to see them all growing up ...

From JOHN J. EDWARDS III, Wall Street Journal,  3 Nov 2008

Coping With Work Schedule Changes

In the year since my post on the tight morning schedule in our house, things had loosened up a bit thanks to some changes at work for me. My wife and I were able to drop both kids off at school together and then make a commuter train that would put us ...

From JOHN J. EDWARDS III, Wall Street Journal,  27 Oct 2008

Making Room For Non-Material Goals

My family lives a comfortable but not especially extravagant life, and while there are certainly some material things wed yet like to acquire, were well set with the basics and more. There may be various things that need fixing in our house, but weve ...

From JOHN J. EDWARDS III, Wall Street Journal,  27 Oct 2008

Gift-giving in a Tough Economy

We havent gotten our pumpkin yet this year, but I heard carols on the loudspeakers at a warehouse store the other day. Yes, its just about time to start thinking about the Christmas/Hanukkah season, even as we juggle our way through a perilous economic ...

From JOHN J. EDWARDS III, Wall Street Journal,  20 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Hanukkah

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