Entries from September 2008

September 13, 2008

Time with your kids

This post from the Juggle touches on what many working parents must feel about how much time their kids spend at daycare. I’m reminded of my conversations with my sister, a new mom who recently went back to work. She and her husband take my niece to daycare, and my sister swears the baby wouldn’t [...]

September 3, 2008

Follow-up to post about Palin and her juggle

There’s no shortage of discussion about this hot topic. Sarah Palin is scheduled to speak tonight at the GOP convention while the media — in all forms — covers her story in every conceivable way. So instead of putting all these links in the Pointingmama section, I’ve decided to post them here: San Jose Mercury [...]

September 1, 2008

Veep candidate Palin and the ultimate can-she-do-it-all test

Sarah Palin for vice president? A mother of five with a 5-month-old with Down syndrome and — this just in — a pregnant 17-year-old daughter. Now that seems to be the ultimate can-she-do-it-all test. What’s interesting is people from both sides of the political spectrum don’t seem to be falling in line with what’s expected [...]