'Might we be at a turning point, when we all feel a bit more liberated to be more transparent about the multifaceted demands placed on working parents?' One Vogue writer on how the coronavirus crisis has changed her work–life balance.
When I asked my circle of acquaintances if they had spent less time and energy “hiding” their kids, the answer was a quick and emphatic yes. “I introduced my kids to my students at the end of class yesterday,” CUNY law professor Sofia Yakren says. “And have mentioned the complex juggle in conversations with deans and colleagues. Whatever shame there was in the struggle before seems to be gone.
“Every Zoom meeting I’ve had with a network exec, I’ve started by mentioning that I made lots of script-writing goals, but, in fact, I’m spending every day playing Fisher-Price basketball,” says Katie Locke O’Brien, a director and writer in Los Angeles. “Normally, I do talk about being a mom a lot, but there’s more of a tendency to try to seem like a superhero who is ultimately able to balance things. Now, I’m just like, ‘Nope.’” Chelsey Christensen, an arts administrator based in Washington, D.
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