The Obama’s Juggle Between Career and Kids
November 13, 2008 by Cherie Burbach
Filed under Parenting
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The other night I was watching the news, and Barack Obama went directly from a conference with reporters to parent-teacher conferences with his wife. It was a very real reminder that the new first family is more than aware of juggling work and family life. The Obama’s offer a unique look at how to deal with high-profiled careers while still raising young children. In many ways, the Obama’s are real-life representatives of the changing times when it comes to career and kids.
Michelle Obama has said that she wants to help raise awareness of the difficulties …read more
Death of the “Supermom”?
August 13, 2008 by Cherie Burbach
Filed under Parenting
I caught an interesting article the other day regarding a study from the University of Cambridge that said “most Britons believe that family life suffers if women work, prompting headlines about the death of ‘Supermum’.”
Ooooh… that word…. “supermom.” It makes me cringe. Because WHY does it always seem to be the women that deal with this issue? You don’t hear of many dads that are called “superfathers.” (And I know you’re out there guys so please do speak up – we need your opinions on this as well.)
In the article, women chat about daycare, working, and how they made the …read more




