PARENTING
Examining the messy path of building a career while staying home with the kids
T
he pandemic made working from home while caring for small children all too real for many parents. Growing a career alongside the kids is at times impossibly difficult, positively hilarious and just rewarding enough to keep anyone from walking out on the job. Are you a parent immersed in the double-duty of working alongside your children? A hilarious and inspiring memoir released this summer shares the heartaches and journey of spending most days trapped under a pile of plastic princesses or scraping peanut butter off the wall. Bend author Kim Cooper Findling’s “Bad Mommy Bad Writer: Writing From Home While Keeping the Kids Alive” follows one woman’s quest to make something of herself—during naptime. “Bad Mommy Bad Writer” is a story of having it all: of going hard after your dreams while keeping a sharp eye on job number one—those precious darlings who really could care less about your deadlines. Check out a few of our favorites from “Bad Mommy Bad Writer.”
