Summer brings new guilt for working parents

The guilt trip always comes at bedtime.

“You’re always working. I feel like I never see you!”

There are tears, too. Our daughter only just turned nine, but she already knows how to twist the knife. Even though I’ve worked steadily since she was six weeks old, this is my first summer as a full-time, work-from-home, nine-to-five employee.

And some people are handling it better than others …

Continue reading in my SaltWire parenting column, The Mom Scene.

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