Working Parents: Guilty As a Mother

To touch on both the ups and downs of house-hunting and balancing work with parenting, your hosts have brought on their second-ever guest, realtor and working mom Amanda Phillips. In this episode, Matt, Tara and Amanda discuss what they struggle with the most as working parents, reveal what they wish more people understood about simultaneously working and raising a child, and ask themselves if they would still work if they didn’t need to.

 

Episode Highlights:

Tara seeks the middle ground between looking “busted” and looking that she’s “trying so hard”Memes: the only way Tara can relate to peopleAmanda describes her race to sell her first home before having her babyThe double-edged sword of being self-employedWhat’s the toughest age for your children to be at while you’re a working parent?On making a more efficient pick-up lane for elementary schools

 

Quotes:

“Tara is Snapchat-filtered up.”

“Isn’t it crazy that we live life through memes now?”

“I don’t know what it means when Mercury is in retrograde, but that’s now!”

“I negotiated my first contract from the delivery room!”

“We work when other people don’t work.”

“You just have to hope and pray that they know you’re doing the best you can for them.”

“It’s hard to make everything else work because you’re going to work.”

“Thank god for online grocery shopping!”

“Woe you who get in the way of Tara’s Sunday.”

“I will punch someone in the throat for judging someone for dropping their kid off at daycare.”

“I don’t care if you’re working or not: sometimes moms just need a day!”

“My youngest is in fourth grade and I swear he can’t even cross the street without almost getting hit by a car.”

“I fully believe that kids don’t know what they like unless they’ve tried it.”

“Please don’t go to social media for parenting advice; it’s the worst.”

“Having a friend that you can call and talk shit about your kids to is so important!”

“She is going to excel in her sparkly Ugg boots.”

“Nothing says ‘I’m on the verge of 50’ than having a camera in your car that monitors your driving.”

“If everyone in your household feels loved, you have done enough that day.”

 

Guest Links:

Amanda’s YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrtJlCQT4CtGsfit_ujE6bg

Love Where You Live Sherman Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/461887968080713/

 

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