The Balancing Act: Looking after the family ecosystem

Our working lives are part of a complex formula involving financial necessity, personal ambition, children’s needs and logistical practicality. The damaging ideal that “parents shouldn’t think of themselves” means that we often leave what we’re able to tolerate out of the equation. This blog explores why and how companies are taking notice of the family ecosystem and what working parents can do to consider their own work/life integration.