I’m deliberately late on my Father’s Day post. The reason? I thought I should wait until after the holiday to say that I’m happy that it increasingly seems as though dads today are struggling to manage their work and family commitments. The reality is that as long as work-life balance and alternative work options are considered “women’s…

Forget the old adage about staying away from religion and politics, if you want to get an emotional conversation going, raise the question of “When is the best time to have kids?” Because despite the cliche that really, there is no “perfect” time to have a baby,  the crass question of  whether it’s “better” to…

Could children actually help your career and professional life? I know, it sounds unlikely, if not impossible. From the “mommy track” to off ramping, downshifting or just disappearing, the primary cultural and media story that we hear is that family sidetracks (or de-rails) a woman’s career. As the best selling author Chimamanda Adichie discusses in…

Here is a quick anecdote of how to put family first by defining “do-not-miss events” in your life at home. The advice is from Bill Thomas, married father of three, who is also the CEO of the Canadian division of KPMG. He was interviewed recently by the Globe and Mail for a story about the…

Natalie MacMaster, wife, mother and virtuoso Cape Breton fiddler, was profiled in our blog this summer. She commented at the time that “it’s important for [their] children to have their mother and father doing what their gift is, and doing it really well. Doing it in moderation, but so that they see and hear it.”…

Barbara Kay triggered a fascinating discussion in the National Post with her story on what to advice “Andrea”, a 25-year old go-getter who wants combine a successful family life with a rewarding career.  It is precisely to the Andreas of our country that WFFC seeks to inspire and support through this blog and events such…

Tralee Pearce’s Globe and Mail story on the secret to work-life balance  has sparked quite an interest. We commented on it in our blog when it came out last week. Here are two more features of the story that I found interesting. One is Tralee’s invitation for families to share their insights on how they…

Sociology professor Scott Schieman is quoted in the Globe and Mail (September 27, 2010) for his research on how people who have control over their work schedules are actually much more likely to multi-task at home and to report higher work-family conflict. His study is based on 2007 data from 1,200 American workers. Here is…