439: CEO Mama: Working Mothers Spend More Time With Their Kids Than Stay at Home Mothers in The ‘70s?!” Plus Nervous System Regulation as Entrepreneurs, AI Predictions + Running Calm Companies

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Natalie Ellis

Education, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Business, Self-improvement

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Natalie and Lindsay dive into surprising data about modern parenting, revealing how working mothers today spend MORE time with their kids as stay-at-home moms did in the 1970s. They explore how societal shifts, multitasking, and parenting expectations shape modern family life and what this means for entrepreneurs balancing business and motherhood. The conversation also uncovers the importance of nervous system regulation for business owners, how to build calm companies, and predictions about the impact of AI on the influencer world and mental health. TIMESTAMPS 0:13 - Unpacking a tweet that sparked the conversation: Why working mothers today spend more time with their kids than stay-at-home mothers in past decades. 2:08 - The cultural shift in parenting expectations and the rise of “helicopter parenting.” Why unstructured playtime matters for mental resilience in children. 6:22 - How changes in safety, living environments, and social norms have impacted modern parenting styles. 8:45 - Finding balance on weekends: How to create space for both personal fulfillment and family connection. 10:14 - Setting boundaries around technology: Modeling healthy phone use and managing screen time for kids. 13:47 - Breaking the comparison trap: The impact of social media on parenting guilt and societal expectations. 16:03 - Multitasking as a modern mother: Navigating the overlap of work, parenting, and personal time. 19:49 - Recharging as a parent and entrepreneur: The value of unstructured “void time” and building it into your life. 25:47 - Reclaiming community: What we can learn from past generations about building support systems. 33:14 - The practice of nervous system regulation: Why calm leadership is a superpower for entrepreneurs. 39:40 - Lessons from experience: Natalie shares how to stay steady under pressure and manage stress effectively as a leader. 48:04 - The concept of “good enough”: Knowing your limits in parenting and business to avoid burnout. 55:38 - The future of AI influencers: Predictions on how AI could shape the creator economy, parenting comparisons, and mental health. 1:05:04 - Protecting mental health in the age of AI and preparing kids for the challenges of an increasingly digital world. 1:09:15 - Introducing the CEO Mama Membership: A supportive space for entrepreneurial moms to find tools, resources, and community for balancing business and motherhood. RESOURCES + LINKS Join the free CEO Mama Newsletter “Unfiltered” here. Fill out the CEO Mama Membership founding member application here. Resources mentioned in this episode: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/25/upshot/the-relentlessness-of-modern-parenting.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/29/upshot/parenting-survey-research.html https://www.russellsage.org/publications/changing-rhythms-american-family-life-1 https://youtu.be/5nMOfdH7MlA?feature=shared It’s Black Friday at Bossbabe! Join The Société for 50% OFF Now Through Dec 2nd! Lock In The LOWEST RATE To Our Exclusive Membership + Build Your Freedom-Based Business. Get Our Weekly Newsletter & Get Insights From Natalie Every Single Week On All Things Strategy, Motherhood, Business Growth + More. Learn Natalie’s Proven Method for Building a Profitable, Predictable, Freedom-Based Business and Get Back to WHY you Became an Entrepreneur in this FREE 90-Minute Training. Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Send Us A Screenshot & We’ll Send You Natalie’s 7-Figure Operating System Completely FREE (value $1,997) FOLLOW ceomama: @ceomama Natalie Ellis: @iamnatalie Lindsay Roselle: @lindsayroselle

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the boss way podcast today you've got me and Lindsay and we're fired up because just before this we read a tweet tweet and we were like, we need to get on podcast ASAP and talk about it.
0:26.1	So let me read the tweet out and then we'll get into it.
0:28.9	So Scott Galloway tweeted, is it still tweeted or is it X?
0:32.8	I don't even know.
0:33.5	So he tweeted and said, today's parents spend more time and money on their children than previous generations.
0:42.8	Working mothers spend as much time with their children as stay-at-home mothers of the 1970s and feel more pressure to be hands-on.
0:52.7	And when I read that, so I sent this to you and initially
0:55.3	we were like, this can't be right. This is just a tweet. So went down the rabbit hole and have
1:01.4	pulled up the actual article, the research, all of it. And we want to get into it because
1:05.6	were you mind blown when you've seen that? I was first mind blown and then part of me had a sense of
1:10.7	relief like, oh, I'm not doing so bad. Yeah, I was first mind blown and then part of me had a sense of relief like,
1:11.5	oh, I'm not doing so bad. Yeah, I was like, and I read all the comments, it showed up on a viral reel,
1:17.4	too, and I read all the comments and everyone's like, there's no way, like this is a misprint.
1:20.8	They got the data wrong. There's no way. So I went and found, like I read through the article that was linked and found the research study. And it's true. And it's so interesting because I'm like, it makes sense with the way they did the
1:31.3	research and the, you know, history behind how our society kind of shifted through those decades.
1:37.2	But it feels crazy because like we talk about, I think so many of us are like, we want to get back
1:41.9	to the trad wife era. Like we want to be stay at home
1:44.2	moms and just like spend all day with our kids and be so child focused. And then you see this
1:49.9	data and it's like the 50s and 60s and 70s were not child focused, not in the way that we would
1:55.3	think about it now. So it's so interesting like juxtaposing it next to this trad wife movement
2:00.6	that we see on social media
2:01.9	and kind of make fun of, but also kind of envy. And it's like that actually wasn't a time of
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