Title:
Succeeding as a first-time parent.
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, [2022]
Physical Description:
xvii, 208 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781647822316
Abstract:
"Navigate work successfully as a first-time parent. Just when you're starting to figure out this parenting thing, wham, your leave is over. You're excited to go back, you already miss your baby like crazy, and you don't know how you're going to get through your commute without dozing off, let alone actually do your job. Take a deep breath-you'll get through it. The first few weeks and months as a working parent are hard, but they can be truly affirming, too. People want to see you succeed, they'll support you if you ask, and you'll find you have energy stores and resources you didn't know existed. You can make great strides forward in your career when you're a new parent. Succeeding as a First-Time Parent can help. This volume will help you: understand all your options for childcare, have essential conversations with your spouse or partner, stay connected during leave and hit the ground running when you return, get the support you need at work, stay on the career track you want to be on, set reasonable expectations for yourself, carry on amid inevitable exhaustion and emotional upheaval, set your family up for success, however you measure it."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Planning your maternity or paternity leave / by Rebecca Knight -- Understanding identity as a (new) working mother / by Janna Koretz -- Mastering the dad transition / by Bruce Feiler -- Five questions new working parents should ask themselves / by Jackie Coleman and John Coleman -- A childcare primer for first-time parents / by Carrie Cronkey -- Questions to ask yourself when working with an in-home caregiver / by Daisy Dowling -- Creative strategies from solo parents on juggling work and family / by Marika Lindholm -- How to transition back after parental leave / by Rebecca Knight -- When returning to work, focus on three things / by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox -- How to negotiate remote and flexible work arrangements / by Ruchi Sinha and Carol T. Kulik -- Returning to work as a new mother of color / a conversation with Christine Michel Carter -- A first-time mom’s guide to pumping milk at work / by Julia Beck and Courtney Cashman -- How you can prioritize sleep / by Amie M. Gordon and Christopher M. Barnes -- Don’t let PPD undermine your return to work / by Julia Beck -- Everyday joys / a conversation with Amy Jen Su and Kevin Evers -- Ramp up your career after parental leave / by Lisa Quest -- A working parent’s survival guide / by Daisy Dowling -- “The one thing I wish I had known…”.
Language:
English
