It's A Real Mother, Part 2: Ideal Worker

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | Realm

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Why do stock images of working moms look frazzled, while stock images of working dads just look like... guys at work? Author Brigid Schulte gets to the heart of why discrimination against working moms is so deeply embedded in our culture—and what we can do to change it. See our video and find out how you can help at itsarealmother.com. And share YOUR stories using #itsarealmother. This episode is brought to you by Icon Undies (code: LONGEST), littleBits, Thirdlove and Sunbasket. Use the promo codes at checkout for a special discount.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, here at the Longest Shortest Time, we know that as a parent, it can be hard
0:14.4	to keep your cool.
0:16.0	But we also know that most of you have some pretty creative ways of figuring out how
0:19.9	to manage the chaos.
0:21.8	My trick tends to be hiding in the pantry, eating my daughters in, and while crackers
0:26.6	in drinking a box of chocolate milk, I really dignified.
0:31.0	Well right now, we are working on a book called Weird Parenting Wins that will include
0:34.9	real tips from real parents on how to manage stress as a parent with kids of all ages.
0:41.2	Actually, we really want to include this topic, but we haven't gotten enough entries yet,
0:46.1	so we need your help.
0:47.7	Here's how.
0:48.7	Go to LongestShortestTime.com and click Participate, then just fill out the Weird Parenting Wins
0:54.4	form.
0:55.4	It's super easy.
0:56.9	We especially need entries from parents with older kids, so go do it now.
1:01.6	And thanks.
1:02.6	Brigid is a mom of two.
1:11.0	Her kids are teenagers now, but almost 20 years ago, when her son was born, she asked
1:16.1	her boss for a more flexible schedule.
1:18.4	She wanted to maybe work from home a day or two a week.
1:21.6	Her daughter's in bosses at the time just said no, it's all or nothing.
1:25.2	And I was afraid that if I didn't choose all, then I would have nothing and we couldn't
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