--- title: "parenting" url: https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/parenting/ description: "Work-Home-Life posts in the parenting category." published: 2020-07-29 updated: 2020-07-29 --- # parenting Published 2020-07-29 7 Work–Home–Life posts filed under parenting. [parenting](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/parenting/) ### [Preparing to Juggle Homeschooling & Working from Home](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2020/07/29/preparing-to-juggle-homeschooling-working-from-home/) Jennifer Janechek · July 29, 2020 As a lifelong lover of learning and teaching, I have always tossed around the idea of homeschooling my children… that is, until I was actually forced to homeschool my four-year-old during a pandemic. I know, I know… homeschooling… [parenting](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/parenting/) ### [A Manifesto against Multitasking](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2020/07/06/a-manifesto-against-multitasking/) Jennifer Janechek · July 6, 2020 This advice might run counter to everything you hear and think about remote work, but in my experience, there is no quicker road to burnout than constantly trying to work and parent simultaneously. Obviously, this advice changes… [parenting](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/parenting/) ### [Is “It” All Worth It?](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2019/06/28/is-it-all-worth-it/) Jennifer Janechek · June 28, 2019 Last night, my husband asked me if “it” was worth it, and by “it” he meant my job. He claimed that I work all the time, that I was missing out on my children’s young lives: “They’ll only be this age once. Won’t you be sad that… [parenting](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/parenting/) ### [Juggling Sick Kids & Work Days](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2018/10/11/juggling-sick-kids-work-days/) Jennifer Janechek · October 15, 2018 My three-year-old started part-time preschool this year, and the constancy of illnesses has been far worse than I could have ever imagined. She’s probably had three colds and one fever-inducing respiratory virus in the past seven… [parenting](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/parenting/) ### [WAHM Reviews: The Fifth Trimester (Part 1)](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2018/08/08/wahm-reviews-the-fifth-trimester-part-1/) Jennifer Janechek · August 9, 2018 I work remotely for a publisher part-time, but I also have been teaching one or two courses at the university where I earned my PhD. I return to teaching in a couple weeks, and quite honestly, I’m kind of freaking out about it. I… [parenting](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/parenting/) ### [Tully, #RealMom (Pseudo-spoilers Inside)](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2018/08/05/tully-realmom-pseudo-spoilers-inside/) Jennifer Janechek · August 5, 2018 *Credit for the #realmom hashtag goes to my friend and colleague Corey Hickner-Johnson, who was the first person I know to use it. [parenting](https://workhomelifemag.com/home/categories/parenting/) ### [Struggling to Get Work Done with a Baby? This Might Help.](https://workhomelifemag.com/single-post/2018/08/02/struggling-to-get-work-done-with-a-baby-this-might-help/) Jennifer Janechek · August 2, 2018 For better or for worse, many moms I know who work from home don’t take a true maternity leave. There are a number of reasons that they don’t: (1) they depend on the income; (2) they don’t want to lose clients by turning down… ## About the writer Jennifer Janechek founded Work-Home-Life and writes every post here, from the work-at-home rhythm pieces to the WAHM book reviews. 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