National Working Parents Day

National Working Parents Day

National Working Parents Day honors those parents who work to provide for their family and keep the house going. Around 61 percent of families with children have both parents working outside the home. That number increases to nearly 65 percent for families when the youngest child is at least six years old. Working parents face a range of challenges. While juggling daycare and schedules top the list, they also struggle to find time with each other and their children. It’s often a balancing act that requires excellent communication skills, patience, and lots of love. Often, working parents feel divided between home and work. Working parents are always on the go juggling their responsibilities.

It was the fourth of July and I went up to the mall to get some garden supplies. As I walked down the corridor I saw a bedraggled mother, carrying an infant in her arms and pushing a stroller with a little boy in with another three year old walking very slowly along hanging on to the stroller. Trying to perk her up as I passed, I smiled, nodded and waved and said, “Happy Fourth.” The tired lady replied, “Heaven Forbid.”

“If evolution really works, how come working mothers have only two hands?”

Barbeque is the only type of cooking a “real” man will do. When a man volunteers to do such cooking, the following chain of events is put into motion.

The woman goes to the store.
The woman “fixes” the salad, vegetables, and dessert.
The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the utensils, and takes it to the man, who is lounging beside the grill.
The man places the meat on the grill.
The woman goes inside to set the table and check the vegetables.
The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is burning.
The man takes the meat off the grill and hands it to the woman.
The woman prepares the plates and brings them to the table.
After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.