{"quotes":[{"text":"If you work together as a team, the arrangement should be positive and beneficial to all involved.","author":"Kristen J. Duca","tags":["childcare","finding-a-nanny","hiring-a-nanny","parenting","parenting-advice"],"id":87059,"author_id":"Kristen+J.+Duca"},{"text":"The problem is that the media rarely discusses the real reasons behind why women leave their jobs. We hear a lot about the desire to be closer to the children, the love of crafting and gardening, and making food from scratch. But reasons like lack of maternity leave, lack of affordable day care, lack of job training, and unhappiness with the 24/7 work culture-well, those aren't getting very much airtime.","author":"Emily Matchar","tags":["childcare","employment","feminism","feminist","maternity","parenting","work","working","working-parents"],"id":103921,"author_id":"Emily+Matchar"},{"text":"A simple act of kindness goes a long way in your relationship with your caregiver.","author":"Kristen J. Duca","tags":["childcare","finding-a-nanny","hiring-a-nanny","parenting","parenting-advice"],"id":130695,"author_id":"Kristen+J.+Duca"},{"text":"Polly was all too aware that much of her time on holiday would be spent doing the laundry and the cooking and the child-care and all the other chores that back in London would be shared with her cleaning lady. A holiday with Theo and the children represented two weeks of domestic and maternal drudgery.","author":"Amanda Craig","tags":["childcare","cleaning","domestic","drudgery","holiday","house","housework","mom","motherhood","mum","tidying"],"id":160483,"author_id":"Amanda+Craig"},{"text":"It is very important to keep the communication lines flowing so that you develop mutual admiration and respect.","author":"Kristen J. Duca","tags":["childcare","finding-a-nanny","hiring-a-nanny","parenting","parenting-advice"],"id":191287,"author_id":"Kristen+J.+Duca"},{"text":"When we combine very real workplace inequalities with these romantic opt-out stories, the idea that 'having it all' is a laughable goal becomes enshrined as immutable truth. And when we portray opting out as a simple matter of 'choice,' we ignore the systematic problems that make combining work and motherhood so difficult.","author":"Emily Matchar","tags":["childcare","feminism","feminist","having-it-all","inequality","motherhood","parenting","work","working-parent","workplace"],"id":226247,"author_id":"Emily+Matchar"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":6,"pages":1}}