Is Working For Family Ever Worth It?
Show notes
Content Warning: This episode includes a discussion of the tragic accidental death of a young child involving a car seat. We encourage listeners to take care while listening.
For those caring for young children, we urge you to stay informed and follow proper car seat safety guidelines.
This week on Oversharing, Jordana and Dr. Naomi kick things off with a conversation about the challenges of maintaining family bonds when everyone lives far apart, and the pressure of keeping family traditions alive. This week’s Overshare comes from a mother who shares the heartbreaking loss of her toddler in a preventable car seat accident, and how she’s turned her grief into a mission to educate other parents. She urges parents and caretakers to follow proper car seat safety practices and to make sure to use all buckles. Next, a Betchicist email raises the question of whether a big paycheck is worth sacrificing your work-life balance, especially when your boss is also your father-in-law. Dr. Naomi offers an Intention to a listener whose mother-in-law's hoarding habits have taken over her home. Finally, they’re Triggered by a painfully tone-deaf friend who responds to someone's fears about her father's health with an unsolicited death story, and a coworker who can't stop criticizing a listener's career choices.
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