The executive director of On Our Sleeves, Marty Post, is here with ideas. How can we make work more manageable for women trying to keep their kids safe? This is an episode that our colleague, Erica Truxler, pitched. She's been on the show several times before and hosted our Family Management Series. Another heads up. In this interview, we touch on the topic of suicide,. If that's you, you may want to skip this episode.
When your child is struggling—whether it’s with anxiety, anger management, or depression—focusing on anything other than how they’re doing can be difficult to nearly impossible. Yet so many parents are straining day after day to support their children while trying to keep up at work. And so many lack enough flexibility, understanding, and paid time off from their employer to take care of everything they need to do, from finding their children a therapist to taking them to appointments.
What can mothers, managers, and leaders do to make work more manageable? The executive director of the children’s mental health advocacy group On Our Sleeves shares ideas and advice.
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Marti Bledsoe Post is the executive director of the children’s mental health advocacy group On Our Sleeves and the author of Retrofit: The Playbook for Modern Moms.
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