Reboot 9.0: conversation about work, us and our kids?

We (the whole family ;) are going to Reboot.

And pretty much inline with my current feelings I proposed a session – Work, us and our kids

When work-life boundaries are blurring, where are the kids in this picture?

We don’t have a work-life balance anymore. We work from home (ever heard those little voices on the background during a phone conference?); our partners become our colleagues; we bring family to conferences…

I’m a mom of a 4 months old – just back to work, trying to figure out how he fits in the picture (or, to be more precise, how my work fits around him :)

I’d like to hear about your experiences of mixing kids and work and to think together where are we heading:

• Do you mix kids and work or do you keep those two worlds apart?
• If you do, then what and how? Does it work?
• What does it change? For you? For your work? For your kids?
• Is it good or bad?
• What do we need to have a healthy work-kids balance? What kinds of employers? Partners? Kids? Working conditions? Homes? Technology? Mindset?

I guess I’ll be posting more on my own experiences and thoughts so far, but I’d love to hear any stories you might have.

Archived version of this entry is available at http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2007/05/09.html#a1893; comments are here.

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Tagged as: no work-life balance, parenting, Reboot