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Your life is baby-ready-but did you babyproof your business? When you're the boss, planning for much-needed parental leave, making money, and the survival of your business can feel overwhelming. You deserve to recover from childbirth and transition into this new chapter without the stress of work. How do you design a parental leave that works for you, your family, and your business-without sacrificing entrepreneurship success? In The Expecting Entrepreneur,...
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A real-world solution for parental leave that promotes gender equality at work and at home What do Papua New Guinea, Suriname, and the United States have in common? These three nations are the only ones that do not offer some form of parental leave to new parents. The US lags far behind the rest of the world on this important issue, raising questions about our commitment to gender equality and the welfare of our families. In Fixing Parental Leave,...
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"The Parental Leave Playbook explains how parents can lead their leave. It's for parents who are worried about communicating their leave plans, and how it will affect their visibility, candidacy for promotion, their relationships, and their performance. It will help expecting parents set expectations for their leave, transitions smoothly, maintain visibility, avoid being replaced, continue relationships, continue their upward career trajectory. And,...
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Moms-to-be get tons of advice on strollers, sleep training, and post-baby workouts. What they don't get is straight talk about navigating the workplace during pregnancy and new parenthood - factors that put many women's jobs in jeopardy. That's why Babygate is essential: the first and only guide to supply parents with the tools they need to keep their jobs.
Babygate breaks down the laws on topics across the parenthood
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"An all-in-one resource for every working mother and father Sure, there are plenty of parenting books out there. But as working moms and dads, we've never had a trusted, go-to guide all our own-one that coaches us on how to do well at work, be the loving and engaged parents we want to be, and remain true to ourselves in the process. Enter Workparent. Whether you're planning a family, pushing for promotion during your kids' teenage years, or at any...
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Thea Kozak mystery volume 11
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Independent school consultant Thea Kozak is adjusting to motherhood and enjoying maternity leave, having just purchased a hat for her newborn son, when a hysterical woman gains her attention. The woman, also a new mother, claims her baby has just been kidnapped. Determined not to get involved, Thea flags down a police officer and hands off the problem. She returns home to her husband Andre, intending to enjoy their precious weeks of parental leave....
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Welcome to Rob Sturrock's journey into parenting. Since the birth of his daughter, Rob has been passionate about being an active and present father, but this hasn't always been straightforward. Struggling with stereotypes, judgement, identity and isolation while on parental leave, Rob has tried to balance supporting his wife and young children with the societal expectation of being a breadwinner for his family. Through extensive research and interviews...
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"Move ahead in your career--without leaving your family behind. What happens when you're no longer setting goals and chasing dreams that work for you alone? When the career choices you make have ripple effects on your family? Can you uproot your household for an overseas assignment even if it's a surefire path to promotion? How do you make time for your kids--or yourself--if you work more than one job? These are some of the questions you ask yourself...
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"Child Development covers issues related to human development from conception through adolescence, summarizing the latest research on physical, cognitive, social and emotional development and behavior. Appendices in each volume include lists of organizations and agencies related to the topic and tables of statistical data."--Jacket.
12) Time, money, freedom: 10 simple rules to redefine what's possible and radically reshape your life
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"From living on Jess's wages as a makeup counter sales clerk, to achieving dramatic success as network marketing partners, to running a multi-million-dollar coaching and training company today, Ray and Jessica Higdon have built their lives on a shared desire for freedom and balance. Now they want to help you do the same, and do it all from the comfort of your own home! With 10 simple rules for redefining what's possible in your life, this book will...
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"If you want to get your mind and your money right in a mansplaining-free environment, the Rebel Mamas are here to help Get Your $hit Together is the antidote to all those boring financial planning books you don't want to read. With honesty, humour and genuine encouragement, the Rebel Mamas teach you how to make smart decisions about your money (or lack thereof), stay sane and become empowered. With hot tips (and pics), quizzes, sensible tactics and...
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"The pandemic revealed how healthy different nations compared to one another with the US having the most cases and deaths from COVID-19. The public remains indifferent to this carnage. Medical care and personal behaviors are overshadowed by two more important concepts. Economic inequality kills. Early life lasts a lifetime. We are totally unaware of this social murder lethal force. Roughly half of our adult health has been programmed before we go...
15) The non-obvious guide to virtual meetings & remote work (when you just can't be there in person)
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"Why do virtual meetings usually suck and how can you make yours better? What are the five secrets to delivering a compelling virtual presentation? How can you collaborate with people you have never met in real life? Most guides to virtual work pretend like it is better than being face to face. It usually isn't. But what if you're stuck working virtually and remotely because you just can't be there? From parental leave to travel costs to global pandemics,...
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Michel Foucault identified sexuality as one of the defining biopolitical technologies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As Jemima Repo argues in this book, "gender" has come to be the major sexual signifier of the mid-twentieth and early twenty-first century. In fact, in this historical excavation of the biopolitical significance of the term, she argues that it could not have emerged at any other time. Repo shows that gender is not originally...
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