Ember Conley’s Blog
COVID’s Impact on the Sandwich Generation
Ember Conley discusses the new challenges that COVID brings to the already-struggling Sandwich Generation.
How to Keep Kids Calm During COVID
Understanding how to keep children calm during the COVID-19 crisis matters because it is hard on adults, but the difficulty increases even more for children. They don't have the understanding of adults that can help them to cope with it. What can parents do that will...
How Managers Can Encourage a Better Work-Family Balance
While adult life revolves around work and family, it can be challenging to find a balance between the two. Some are people all work and no play, yet others fail to deliver as an employee because they are always running to their family's aid. Being on either side of...
How to Balance Working From Home and Teaching Your Kids
There's no doubt about it, COVID-19 has changed a large portion of how we live our lives. Since the declaration of the pandemic by the World Health Organization, many schools and businesses have resorted to going remote. This means parents are working from home while...
Understanding the Sandwich Generation
The so-called sandwich generation is getting squeezed on both sides by the competing responsibilities of growing children and aging parents. Because of these dual pressures from the outside, sometimes members of the sandwich generation feel stuck. They may struggle to...
How to Prevent Parenting Burnout
We all love our little ones, but the truth is, parenting is more challenging than most of us would like to admit. And while there is much to be concerned about, between school, doctor visits, sports events, and just about everything else, parents tend to become...
How to Balance Caring for Kids and Parents
Caring for your children while also assisting your elderly parents with day-to-day activities can be tough for the so-called "Sandwich Generation," those caught in between their kids and their aging parents. Between the after-school soccer games and frequent geriatric...
How to Create a Work-Family Balance That Works for You
Finding the right balance between your career and your family has never been easy, but the coronavirus lockdowns have made it even harder to draw that line. The first rule for keeping that line separate is to set aside blocks of time for work and for your family. Even...
Keeping Healthy Boundaries Between Your Home and Your Workplace
Work-life balance is one of the biggest challenges for many workers today. That's arguably been the case since email became common in the late 1990s. Freelancers and talent agents certainly deal with this issue on a daily basis, and have for years. However, with the...
How to Support Working Parents
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in lockdowns that have left many people working from home. For single parents, this situation has become especially stressful. In addition to their work tasks, they're trying to supervise their children. As their employer, there are...