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Liam and Micaela pack up their back packs for their family vacation to Cape Cod.
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Profs to Go (104)Maureen Malachowski has been a stay-at-home Mom, but wants to go back to work. With the help of career strategist Eva Wisnick, Maureen learns the steps to develop a career strategy and approach the subject with her kids. Maureen and her husband Bill also get great ideas from
Family Fun Magazine's Deb Geigis Berry to keep the kids occupied and engaged on family car trips.
Getting Back Into The Workforce Facts:
- Dual career couples make up 45% of the workforce and 60% of all marriages.
- 70% of working women work because it makes them feel good about themselves.
- 73% of US mothers are a part of the paid workforce.
Tips: Here are some points to help you ease your way back into the workforce:
- Attend meetings of professional organizations. Be sure to hand out business cards.
- Keep current by reading what’s new in your field. Online trade publications are a great place to start.
- Hire a sitter for two hours per week for uninterrupted research time.
- Get an informational interview with someone in your field. Build your network by asking for three referrals in your desired field.
Problem: Rejoining the work force
Solution: Re-evaluate career options
- Define your values. Focus on what you expect to get from a job. Consider money, the challenge, flexibility, growth and personal space.
- Market yourself in non-traditional ways.
- Network every chance you get.
- Take an action every day.
Contact information:
Eva Wisnick
Wisnik Career Strategies, Inc.
708 3rd Ave, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10017
212-370-1010
ewisnik@wisnik.com
www.AttorneyTraining.com
Resources:
Women Returning to Work: How to Work Out What You Want and Then Go Out and Get It (Pathways, 7)
by Sally Longson
For more information: Search keyword(s): returning to work, working parents, working moms
Keeping Kids Entertained Facts:
- Children remember more from what they see on family trips than what they learn in school.
- Children prefer car trips to plane trips 2-to-1.
- Make use of the kitchen timer on long trips. Count all the red cars and trucks that go by in five minutes.
Tips: The kids will get hungry when you’re traveling. Here are some fun food ideas to keep everyone fed and happy.
- Ask kids to make their own trail mix at home with things like granola, grapes, raisins and nuts. They will be more apt to eat something later that they had a hand in making.
- Use cookie cutters with fun shapes to cut slices of cheese, ham and bread for sandwiches.
- Pack mini rice cakes with peanut butter. They won’t get mushy in the car.
- Freeze bottled water or juice before you leave and as it melts they can drink it and it will stay cold all day.
- Focus on foods that are not too high in sugar or too salty. Salt makes them thirsty and you want to avoid any additional bathroom breaks.
Problem: Keeping kids entertained on trips
Solution: Keep little travelers occupied and engaged
- Invent activities to keep the kids busy.
- Let kids take the lead.
- Have special treats and backpacks for travel only.
- When all else fails, put the kitchen timer to use. See who can keep quiet the longest, or who can play with their toy the longest.
Contact Information:
Deborah Geigis Berry
Contributing Travel Editor, FamilyFun Magazine
413-585-0444
dgbtravel@aol.com
www.familyfun.com
Resources:
101 Activities for Kids in Tight Spaces: At the Doctor's Office, on Car, Train, and Plane Trips, Home Sick in Bed
by Carol Stock Kranowitz
Travelmates: Fun Games Kids Can Play in the Car or on the Go-No Materials Needed
by Story Evans, Lise O'Haire (Contributor)
www.FamilyFun.com
For more information: Search keyword(s): activities for kids, activities for kids and cars
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