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May 17, 2019

From Work-Family Balance to Work-Family Justice

Hi, my name is Jenny and I’m a working mother. This is a new title for me. I have been an Extension Educator since 2016, but I did not become a mother until earlier this year. While on maternity leave, I read the newly published book Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving […]

WRITTEN BY: Jenny Lobb, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Franklin County

REVIEWED BY: Whitney Gherman, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Marion County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Baby Bella photography

SOURCES:

  • Collins, C. (2019). Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
  • Ennis, L.R. (2014). Intensive Mothering: The Cultural Contradictions of Modern Motherhood. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1rrd8rb.

Categories: Family and Relationships
Tags: motherhood, Parenting, Work Balance, work family balance, work family conflict, work family justice

September 25, 2015

Balancing Act – Helping You Find Your Balance

With the start of a new school year do you find yourself going in several directions with numerous obligations? If you have children or teens, you may find the start of after school activities has you running in circles. My children are grown adults but I remember those days – rushing to pick them up […]

REVIEWED BY: Shannon Carter, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Fairfield County, carter.413@osu.edu

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Kyle Ryan

Categories: Mind and Body
Tags: Burn out, Burnt out, Flex schedules, Healthy Lifestyle, mindfulness, time management, Work Balance, Work Life Balance

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