The modern working parent looks so very different to that of their predecessors. Not only are they often working in different capacities, they can also logistically be working from home, in an office, or in a combination of the two. They are also master multitaskers – working wonders while juggling the demands of career, family and everything in between.
On that note, there are certain scenarios that only arise and happen to them because they are both working and because they are parents.
You know you’re a working parent when:
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1. You find yourself working from the toilet seat because it’s the only place in the house with a lock.
2. You’ve learned the hard way to never wear white.
3. You can only offer a crayon when asked to lend a pen.
4. Driving to and from work is your “me” time.
5. You are sporting petrified Weetbix in your fringe as colleagues greet you good morning.
6. You open a client file and find the missing piece to the Peppa Pig puzzle that you’d thought was lost forever.
7. You seriously consider eating some of the homemade Playdoh you find in your handbag after having to skip breakfast AGAIN.
8. You are pointing at important data with a Spiderman Band-Aid on your finger.
