Imagine being a working parent who is able to work school hours and take the kids’ holidays off without losing a cent of your annual pay packet. Sounds like Utopia, doesn’t it?
As one of millions of working mums around the world who struggled to juggle school pick-ups, after-school activities, sick children and caring for elderly parents, not to mention nurturing a relationship with a significant other, the idea sounds like my kind of revolution. And that’s pretty much what Dr Ellen Joan Ford is starting – a revolution.
Rapidly gaining momentum, her movement #Workschoolhours was started in an effort to change the way we think about the working week, which hasn’t changed much since the Industrial Revolution 200 or so years ago. She says the 9amto-5pm working day is an archaic construct. It assumes there’s a woman at home with the kids and the man is working full-time.
“The juggling for women in particular is mind-blowing and phenomenally stressful,” she says.
To move the revolution along, Ellen’s written a book, also called #Workschoolhours, which is an inspiring read.
“I want to push this as
