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Bruce Lundeby - Mom's working

7/22/2017

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"[My] mom's working shaped my attitude for what women could
​and should be able to do."
It’s a mistake to consider kids and career to be a trade-off rather than a chance for both to benefit. Kids learn from the actions of parents. While high-quality time does not replace a reasonable quantity of time, a greater quantity of time than is needed is a detriment, not a benefit to the child.

My mother taught school, and each day we had an hour or so of time alone to learn how to be independent, even from a young age. Sometimes the learning included misbehavior and occasionally some injuries. Most often the learning was how to be successful all by oneself. An even greater lesson was too subtle to be recognized at that time.

​Mom’s working shaped my attitude for what women could and should be able to do. It’s influenced my collaboration with colleagues, my relationship with my wife, and my parenting of our daughters. Mom coming home later than her children each day was a significant blessing to my upbringing, and I’m thankful for it.

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Bruce Lundby is a father, husband and software development program manager. He earned a master's degree in computer science from North Dakota State University.
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Jim Haselmaier
7/23/2017 03:41:22 pm

Bruce wrote "Sometimes the learning [from being alone] included misbehavior and occasionally some injuries."

I think this is really important. While we certainly as parents attempt to minimize misbehavior as well as injuries, it is important to remember misbehavior and injuries provide necessary learning experiences. When I was ~5 yrs old I cut my thumb quite badly on a razor blade. It bled like the dickens. I didn't need stitches. And it didn't leave a scar. But I remember the event VIVIDLY and I treat a razor blade with a lot more respect to this day having gone through that experience.

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