#124 — Summer Break? Where Do the Kids Go While Their Parents Work and Other Thoughts On Summertime

Summer break.

As a child there was no sweeter words in the English language. With its promises of long, warm, lazy, school-free days, summer break was essentially synonymous with freedom.

But now that the vast majority of households include two working parents, summer means something very different: the end of the public school year, gaps in childcare, expensive camps, and impossibly long waitlists for affordable care options.

Today, Sarah digs into her own family’s experience with summertime care gaps (hint: it involves lots and lots of logistics) as well as her personal and professional goals to take a true summer break. She also pulls back the curtain on Startup Pregnant’s two year history (!) and shares the advice she’d give someone starting out on their own business building venture (hint: take a break).

IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT

• The existential summer break question of the modern era of two working parents: what actually does happen to the children? Have we solved for that yet and what does it look like?
• How there are 81 days every single year when kids are out of public school but parents are supposed to be working and what solutions people come up with to make conflicting schedules work.
• Sarah reflects on where this podcast started and shares some of her process for why she decided to take a summer break and why she’s so excited about it.
• Sarah shares that taking an August break is a decision she made for herself as a person and as a business owner, but also because she believes deeply in the power of rest for all people, including her audience.
• The benefits of taking maternity leave as an experiment in stepping back from the day-to-day of running a business.
• What the pace and intensity of Startup Pregnant interviews and podcast will look like beginning in September and moving forward into 2020.
• How Sarah noticed her attachment to consistency and doing things the way they’ve always been done and how that worked in the beginning but how it now possibly holds her back.
• What she’s looking forward to in this time away and hoping for the audience during the break (hint: if there is someone in your life in the thick of parenting or entrepreneurship, share this podcast with them)! 

FULL SHOW NOTES

Get the complete show notes with episode quotes, photos, and time stamps at http://www.startuppregnant.com/124.

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• www.startuppregnant.com/ask
• www.startuppregnant.com/courses

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