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Tending to Family Without Losing Ground on the Work Front

One of the things you will hear when a group of single parents get together is that we often feel like when we are at home, we should be working and when we are at work—we should be taking care of home stuff. We need work flexibility and to be able to take off and tend to family business, but there is the worry and risk that we will slip behind or jeopardize our positions at work. How can we take care of family business and not compromise our work and careers? I think that it can depend on the … Continue reading →

A Single Parent on the Job—Part Three—Benefits and Perks

As single parents, we really have to consider the “whole package” when it comes to our employment. This doesn’t just mean monetary compensation or traditional benefits either. As the sole support for our families, we have to make sure all our bases are covered, but we also have to look at the other benefits that might come with a specific job or career choice in choosing what is best for ourselves and our families. Traditional benefits include things like insurance (health, dental, life, disability) and vacation and sick time, retirement benefits, etc. BUT, there are other benefits and perks that … Continue reading →

A Single Parent On the Job—Part Two—Flexible Work Hours

In part one of this little series on single parents on the job, I wrote about how important it is for a working single parent (and that is most of us!) to have a work environment that is family and single parent friendly. Additionally, while I know plenty of single parents who work in restrictive, traditional-type jobs, I do believe that jobs where the work hours can be more flexible make for less harried parents and are more conducive to the single parent family. By flexible hours, I don’t necessarily mean that we need to be able to come and … Continue reading →