Working Moms
NPN was created more than 40 years ago with working moms in mind. When you’re working two full-time jobs—mom and employee—your most precious resource is time, and NPN is here to help.
Searching for schools for your child and don’t have time to spend hours researching online? Our informative school search videos, Annual School Fair and School & Daycare Directory streamline the process. Have a question about work, kids, schools or anything else? Get quick answers from our parent community on our Discussion Forum.
And when you need reassurance or advice about juggling your two (or more!) jobs, our library of articles about the struggles and triumphs of working moms will help you feel less overwhelmed. Long way of saying: We got you, working moms.
Discussions
Help me figure this out. I'm 45. I've been in the business world since graduation from college in '99 - master's in marketing. Highest level was about 3 years ago running an international marketing team and in charge of global content. Long story short I went back to contract work in 2020 for many r...
If you went back to school as an older adult in a field unrelated to your previous degree/work. Who did you ask to write recommendation letters for you, and what did you have them highlight? A client of mine has worked in finance for 20 years and is going to school to become a therapist. The applic...
I know this is very personal and a choice that is very individualized. I am wanting to hear from parents of ADHD kids, who made the decision to have the kids take medication, as part of their treatment. I am wondering what led you to choose this, what your experience been like, and how your child...
Hi all...Reaching out to parents of kids diagnosed with ADHD, emphasis on the struggle with inattention and exec functioning...What accomodations were most helpful to your child? Were there any you had put in place that were not helpful? We have just discovered, (the hard way), that m...
It's been a minute since we commuted - is the Red Line safe from the Edgewater/Uptown area down into the loop? I remember reading stories about assaults (maybe?) - anyone have any up to date experience? ...
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