{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 03: Rachel","description":"In this episode, I interview Rachel, one of my school mums who is working, studying and raising 3 kids. Features scheduling failures and a dog! The Lowdown \u2013 Family of 5 \u2013 2 Working Parents \u2013 1 part-time\/casual work (relief teaching) and studying \u2013 1 part-time work \u2013 11 year old \u2013 8 year old (special needs) \u2013 7 year old    4:38 Sleep 5:08 Who are the people in your family? Who does what when? 7:06 Parenting super powers 7:29 Doing lots of things at a time 9:01 2 different schools 9:25 Calming influence 10:02 Picking up each others slack 10:51 Relief teaching with school pick up and drop offs 11:05 OSHC (Out of school hours care) 11:47  Have you been able to choose your own path? 12:40 Feeling restricted in how much you can do 13:18 Both partners feeling restricted? 13:51 The extra load of a special needs family 14:28 2 part time workers 15:06 Pressure of being solely responsible 16:20 Men and retrenchment 16:58 American example of larger numbers of men losing manufacturing jobs and taking on child care 19:30 What works well? 19:54 Children taking on more responsibility 21:30 Downsides? 22:00 Individual time with each child 22:10 What else have you tried 22:58 Casual employment and childcare 23:47 Has it got easier (please say yes!) 24:24 As it gets easier you take more on \u2013 like study 24:48 What is the next step? 25:08  Fitting university placements around work 25:30 Won\u2019t somebody think of the\u2026.dog? 26:03 Impact of university placements on husbands work load 26:54 Supportive work environments? 27:04 Relief teaching = many different work environments, no single person to negotiate with 28:58  Funny or disastrous moments? 28:40 University Placement + Relief teaching fail 30:12  Is this what you thought family would look like? \u2013 NO! 31:24 Not having a job when you start a family 33:12 Flip side \u2013 having a job that you have to go back to 35:02 Any advice? Let me know what you thought of this episode! Leave a comment below, leave a review on iTunes or Stitcher, contact me via Facebook, Twitter or email. Or even better join the Codfish Squad and talk to me there. ","author_name":"Head of a Codfish: A Podcast about Modern Working Families","author_url":"http:\/\/www.headofacodfish.com","html":"