http://survivingtheworkday.com/2005/12/02/ms-theologian-contemplates-pwc-people-with-children/ spirituality in the workplace Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:09:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2005/12/02/ms-theologian-contemplates-pwc-people-with-children/#comment-127 Stephanie Sun, 04 Dec 2005 21:45:00 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2005/12/02/ms-theologian-contemplates-pwc-people-with-children/#comment-127 You make a good point. All parents don't engage in this practice equally. You make a good point. All parents don’t engage in this practice equally.

]]> http://survivingtheworkday.com/2005/12/02/ms-theologian-contemplates-pwc-people-with-children/#comment-126 Anne Bauer Sun, 04 Dec 2005 21:25:00 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2005/12/02/ms-theologian-contemplates-pwc-people-with-children/#comment-126 An interesting question and one I have a personal stake in... at times it's not the having or not having children, it's the parent. I worked with someone who constantly demanded accommodation over her parenting responsibilities, and most of the rest of us also had children. It seemed to me that her kids' needs were just more important than mine. (And yes, all parents love their kids the most, but societally, we need to acknowledge that all children need their parents sometimes, and that all jobs need reliable workers.) I think your answer makes a lot of sense, that's it about a mutual and respectful exchange in the workplace, eg, when your kid is sick, I trust that s/he really needs you, you go, and I take up your slack. Likewise, when my boyfriend's mother dies and he needs me there, you let me go and you take up my slack. An interesting question and one I have a personal stake in… at times it’s not the having or not having children, it’s the parent. I worked with someone who constantly demanded accommodation over her parenting responsibilities, and most of the rest of us also had children. It seemed to me that her kids’ needs were just more important than mine. (And yes, all parents love their kids the most, but societally, we need to acknowledge that all children need their parents sometimes, and that all jobs need reliable workers.) I think your answer makes a lot of sense, that’s it about a mutual and respectful exchange in the workplace, eg, when your kid is sick, I trust that s/he really needs you, you go, and I take up your slack. Likewise, when my boyfriend’s mother dies and he needs me there, you let me go and you take up my slack.

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