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Self Forgiveness Is the Only Real Productivity Hack for Parents
My wife and I are both professionals. I am a business professor and she is a veterinarian. We have two teens. The hard part is not planning. It is that life gets interrupted, nonstop, by sick kids, appointments, and surprises. Two career parents means you must learn to roll with it. Modern parenting adds pressure to be “on” all the time, and social judgment makes it worse. We try to share the load, but norms still push more onto moms. The key is to accept mess, break a few rules when needed, and practice self forgiveness.
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