Great Ways to Balance Family Life and Your Career

Bring Your Employer Home

Not literally, unless you want to. Gaining the support of your employing organization will do wonders for finding balance. Great employers have built in benefits and flexible hours for parents.

Open the lines of communication with your superiors and let them know about work issues that will supersede family time and family issues that will supersede work time. Share your goal of maintaining balance between life at home and at work. Most bosses are working to achieve the same balance and they will understand.

Know when you are at your limit with the next slide.