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🗓️ 21 March 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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This episode addresses a common dilemma - kids are in school full time, so is childcare really necessary? Laura and Sarah discuss options and some alternatives, plus a discussion of possible end points.
In the Q&A, a listener writes in with a question about preparing for travel away from the the kids (solo or with a partner).
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0:00.0 | Once upon a time, Amazon Music met audiobooks and listeners everywhere rejoiced. |
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0:19.3 | Suddenly listeners didn't mind sitting in traffic or even missing their |
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0:28.4 | listening. Terms apply. Hi, this is Laura Vanderkamp. I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist, |
0:38.3 | and speaker. And this is Sarah Hart Unger. I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist, and speaker. And this is Sarah Hart Unger. I'm a mother of three, a practicing physician, and blogger on the side. |
0:44.3 | We are two working parents who love our careers and our families. |
0:47.3 | Welcome to Best of Both Worlds. Here we talk about how real women manage work, family, and time for fun. |
0:53.3 | From figuring out child care |
0:55.1 | to mapping out long-term career goals, we want you to get the most out of life. |
1:02.3 | Welcome to Best of Both Worlds. This is Laura. This is episode 294, airing in sort of mid-late |
1:09.8 | March of 23. We are going to be talking about child care and |
1:15.1 | home support needs once kids get older. And the truth is, in many families, once kids start |
1:24.2 | school, the first thought is like, oh, few, now we can spend less on child care. |
1:29.9 | And in many families, there's a very good reason to figure out that because, you know, money is |
1:35.7 | tight and not having to make those payments is a real blessing in terms of having a little bit more |
1:43.9 | wiggle room and, you know, to start |
1:46.9 | pursuing other priorities. However, we know that many of our listeners have some pretty |
1:53.9 | serious professional ambitions and may also be in homes where things are not so tight, |
2:01.6 | that there are a few more resources, a few more choices. |
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