In most American workplaces, parents might trade stories about a toddler’s hilarious grammatical error or a pre-teen’s Mensa-level LEGO skills, but when was the last time you heard a coworker admit they missed a meeting to attend a dance recital or failed to hit a deadline because their kid is struggling in school? Talking honestly about how the demands of your job conflict with the reality of raising your kid is practically NSFW.
So, fair warning: Knowledge is power, and what follows may (depending on where you work) make you the most innovative, or the most subversive, employee at the watercooler.
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Washington Work and Family Coalition 