Top 11 Insights from the Third 50 Stories

Many kids are proud of their parents' careers.

The first 50 Working Parent Stories produced eight surprises. The second 50 stories produced six learnings. The third 50 stories produced the following 11 insights:
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1. Current thinking is that a fulfilling career is an important component of a complete life.
   Examples: More or Less? and Hidden Joys
   
   
2. Most Working Parents possess more power than they realize to achieve their career goals.
   Examples:  Employer, Spouse, or You?, What Can I Do About It?, Would a Man Want Your Job?, Choices and Consequences, When Parents Act Like Corporations and Pushing Parental Leave
   
   
3. Many kids are proud of their parents' careers.
   Examples:  You're An Author and Speaking of Business Travel
   
   
4. A working spouse who encourages your career can provide a great career advantage.
   Examples:  Super Spouses, Now Showing: RBG, Couples That Work and  Great Husbands!
   
   
5. New mothers are pushing new boundaries in terms of pursuing career opportunities.
   Examples:  Watching Serena, That Time at the UN and Oh the places you'll ... Pump!
   
   
6. Role models make a difference.
   Examples:  Heard, Seen, Validated, Believed and Daddy Come Back?
   
   
7. Skills learned on the job often make us better parents.
   Examples:  Working Parenthood: A Retrospective and When in Rome
   
   
8. Kids who are watched too closely can be handicapped in the moment and as adults. Because Working Parents juggle many roles, they are theoretically less likely to handicap their children in this way.
   Examples:  Risks and Rewards, Are Your Kids Too Busy? and Managing a Banana
   
   
9. Working parents are willing to publicly express the strong emotions associated with parenthood without feeling like it undermines their career opportunities.
   Examples:  His Big Heart and Post Business Trip Reunions
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10. Working parents continue to juggle many roles.
    Examples:  Captain's Log, Don't Do What I Did, The Hate U Give, Tom Brady as Dad, This Is How It Always Is and Juggling Roles Pays Off
    
    
11. Working Parent Stories readers span 54 countries.
    That's three more than when we last published this info.
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Kathy Calder Haselmaier is the editor of Working Parent Stories. She is a mother and wife who worked full-time for 32 years.

Related stories:

• ​Top Eight Surprises from the First 50 Stories
• Top Six Learnings from the Second 50 Stories