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I quit my 6-figure job to be a stay-at-home dad. After leaving California, we could afford to be a single-income family.
Michael Johnston quit his six-figure engineering job to be a stay-at-home dad after he and his wife…
Alexandra Frost
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I'm a wealth manager and handling my parents' estates took years. I'm leaving iron-clad legal directives for my kids.
Ari Brojde thought his grandmother's estate would be easy, but it took nearly three years to settle…
Kelly Burch
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I was adopted into a white, middle-class family and never felt like I belonged. It impacted how I show up at work.
Christelle Pellecuer was born in Madagascar and adopted by a French family when she was 10. She sha…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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I've worked in childcare since I was 16 and now I'm a nanny. I worry that I won't be hirable as an older man.
Max Kalogirou has worked with kids since he was 16. Now he's a nanny, but he doesn't know what will…
Kelly Burch
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I'm a working mom whose 12-hour shifts make me miss my kids' lives. I feel I'm letting my family down but I love my work.
Kimberly Hicks, a registered nurse and mother of three, discusses managing 12-hour shifts, family r…
Robin Madell
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I left my $195,000 tech job to open a wine bar. I work 12-hour days and don't have health insurance, but I've never been happier.
Shanna Nasiri left her $195,000 tech job to follow her dreams and open a natural wine bar in Brookl…
Erin Snodgrass
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I'm a 27-year-old who supports my parents and siblings. I worried what my partner might think, but I'm grateful to be a female breadwinner.
Sephora Grey, a lawyer, sends her parents in Florida up to $20,000 a month to help them through a p…
Kimanzi Constable
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Bhutan is known for prizing happiness. Its people also work longer than any other country.
Despite Bhutan's reputation for putting happiness above GDP, its people work longer than anywhere e…
Joshua Nelken-Zitser
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My biggest parenting mistake was making my kids the center of my world. Women need an identity beyond 'mom.'
When I became an empty nester, I had no social life or career. I focused so much on raising my five…
Susan Yem
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I'm a CEO who started a company and had a baby at the same time. Fatherhood has completely changed how I think about work.
On March 20, Andrew Ross MacKay's daughter, Bloom, was born. Two weeks later, his salt-based electr…
Perri Ormont Blumberg
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Parents are turning to a 'paid village' to handle childcare and cleaning. Costs range from $500 to $2,600 a month.
Parents are leaning on a paid village to take care of their children. It can cost anywhere between …
Kelly Burch
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Young people think Gen Z stereotypes are holding them back at work. That could be a big problem.
Gen Zers missed out on formative experiences that generations before them took for granted. Dismiss…
Lindsay Dodgson
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I inherited my parents' small business even though I didn't want it. I vowed not to do the same thing to my son.
No one in my family asked me if I wanted to be in charge of the family business, it was expected of…
Chris Mott
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I work on an oil rig. It has lonely moments, but every rig I've been on is like a family.
Kailem Donovan, a rigger who works on oil rigs in North and Baltic seas, shares what it's like offs…
Claire Turrell
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CEOs of big US companies are souring on hybrid work
CEOs of big US companies are increasingly expecting to end hybrid work setups in the next few years…
Tim Paradis
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Everyone's talking about RTO. Here's why a leading expert thinks remote work is 'here to stay.'
Nick Bloom, an economics professor at Stanford University, found that, on average, employees ranked…
Nora Redmond
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A mom in Sweden took 21 months off when her kids were born, and her partner took 15. Sharing parental leave changed their expectations of each other.
Mom-of-two Nicola Lindgren took 21 months of paid parental leave, and her partner took additional p…
Ella Hopkins
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I'm a female breadwinner who moved to Switzerland for my Google job. Our family dynamic is not easy in a conservative culture.
Annalisa Pawlosky and her husband moved to Switzerland in 2020 and they have since welcomed two dau…
Elle Hardy
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I've worked remotely for over 7 years. It allows me to be the breadwinner of our family and be a more present mom.
Before the pandemic made remote work a thing, I was already working from home. It's allowed me to b…
Conz Preti
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I moved 1,800 miles and took a 20% pay cut to live near my parents. It's a high-cost area, but they get to see our kids.
Family moved from Texas to Massachusetts, accepting a pay cut and higher living costs, in exchange …