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- Education comparison Are there any resources comparing elementary and middle school education in the Bay Area and Austin?
- Gifted program for kids My 7-year old kid is eligible to attend full time gifted program in Eastside Seattle. My answer was a *no* a couple months ago as I didn't want my kid to feel any kind of pressure at such an early age on things my wife and I care less. The highlight of my life honestly was when I was a kid, stress f
- How to Interview as a working parent Currently burnt out at my current job after high turnover left me with lots of key responsibilities. I am looking for a new role but am having a hard time finding time with a 2 year old at home. I recently did two interview loops and while neither worked out, it affected my performance at work and
- vote Pregnant Job Hunt My wife was in the middle of searching for a new job and interviewing when we found out we were pregnant. The morning sickness put her through the ringer so she decided to pull back. Now that’s getting better she’s thinking about searching again. Her increase this year doesn’t even beat inflation.
- Anyone else have bad luck with having kids? First pregnancy - miscarriage. Second pregnancy - born underweight and with 11 fingers (but healthy otherwise) Third pregnancy (current) - signs of ectopic pregnancy, scared shitless about potential removal I figure stuff like this is more common than advertised, esp. miscarriages, but it still fee
- vote Best company for pregnant woman, new born and maternity leave benefits? #parenting #workingparent
- Changing teams while pregnant I’m planning to switch teams internally but I’m 6 weeks pregnant. Current team has good wlb but no opportunity to grow. Should I stay with a familiar team during pregnancy? Would I be perceived badly by new HM/team if I announce pregnancy soon after joining? TC: 180K #workingparent #parenting
- vote What private school does your child go to in the Bay Area ? Would u recommend it and why? Looking for my kids - Elementary and Middle School TC : 600k, YOE:20
- When did you book a daycare for your infant? Hey all! I’m currently three months pregnant, and will be taking about 4-5 months of leave after giving birth in late September. I’m starting to research daycare options for when I do go back to work in ~Feb 2023 and it’s all very overwhelming. When did you find/book your child’s daycare center? Try
- How does one maneuver pressure to take more work/responsibilities with baby around the corner? Being pressured to take on more work but worried that managing that with baby will become very stressful. Leave of absence and job protection during the period can give temporary respite. But after that? Not paid well enough to hire nanny at this stage. How have folks dealt with this? How do yo
- Ivy Leaguers What is your advice for someone entering high school to work towards Ivy League goal ?
- Starting new job with Young Kids Hi I am in accounting and just started a new job. I also have 2 young kids (4 and 1 yr old). I am exhausted from kids. Obviously starting a new job is exhausting as well. How do you balance learning a new job and spending time with your kids? The job seems to have decent WLB so after I learn I shoul
- ABA therapy for child via Microsoft Any parent here using ABA therapy for their kid on Autism spectrum disorder provided by Microsoft Physical Well being program? How does it work? Is it via Insurance? what other benefits do they have for Autism? #microsoft #autism #aba
- Is this my peak? I'm in a really good place right now. I love my job, my partner has a great high paying low stress career, and we bought a large house when prices and interest rates were low 2 years ago. On the weekdays I have social plans every night pursuing the hobbies I love. I'm at a stage where I lean toward
- vote education system which country education system is better in your opinion?
- What UC universities are good for average students? Hi parents, I need your help in determining colleges that are better suited for my son who is senior this year. We are waiting to get application status from all UCs and CSUs and have got acceptance from some of the universities. My son's high-school GPA is 3.7 (non-weighted) with a few extra-curri
- Bay Area people - what do you pay for daycare? I’m due in September and trying to start to craft some sort of budget. I’m curious, for those who live in the Bay (mid-peninsula ideally), what does it cost you to have one child in daycare during ~working hours (9-4 M-F or so)?
- What is the best place to live in the US with a family? I can live anywhere I want in the US. Where would you move? I have a spouse and two kids. Looking for LCOL with public good schools. TC - $260
- Self Driven Teenager Looking for recommendation or strategies on how to keep teenagers motivated on right things, and away from social media/sheer peer pressure. Again emphasis is not on education but learning new things (be it cooking/skating/bowling/reading) or playing outdoor than watching mindless tiktoks and youtub
- Best place to live in the US with 3-4 kids Assume you can work remotely from anywhere, where would you pick? Key considerations are quality of education for the kids and an environment where they can thrive, activities and fun things to do, good weather, good health care system. And please don’t say Bay Area. TC: $380K
- When’s the best time to have kids? Fellow women, how do you time it with your career? I’ve been at my company for almost 4 years and feel ready to have kids now. Like this year. I could either work towards a promotion this year or leave for a new company (cuz my current management sucks), but I’m afraid 1. If I get a promotion, I’
- Working parents in teams of single guys I’m an oddball in my team. My manager is a bit younger than me. He and the rest of the team are all guys without kids. Recently, they were joking about work-life balance being silly, how work is the most important thing, and so on. After years of getting positive annual reviews from more balanced ma
- Frustrated with my two year old My boy turns 2 this Month. He has been taken care off by nanny and he’s his friends that he meets and spends time with at the park and at play dates. He is very social and fun kid. But nowadays, he cries when it is time to wear his dress to go to bed or at dinner time. How do I stop these tantrums?
- Good elementary school in or near 94086 Please recommend
- Please choose a unique name for your kids I am finding it hard to screw around during my zoom calls because there will always be one guy or the other whose name crops up during the meetings and it will coincide with my name. Have to be alert all the time.
- No leetcode interview if you have kids? I saw a post that a guy had multiple offer even from google and did no preparation on LC and told them I have kids and I dont have time for LC.. He got offer for front end roles.. but hey if that is true I want to do it too. How real is this? If front end roles are competitove and get paid same as
- vote child education as parents, what do you expect from your child education?
- Which noise cancelling device is best to block new born baby sounds? Will soon be having a kid. Which devices would you suggest for noise cancelling? I am thinking of getting styrofoam panels to soundproof the house too. Any suggestions on how to deal with it? TC:275k #parenting #workingparent #baby
- Working parents with newborns in US, did you use infant formula? There’s a lot of stigma around using formula and the whole breast is best gets thrown around. Unfortunately we had to resort to formula feeding. I was appalled when I found out they have sugar and corn syrup in some of the popular ones here in US. Anyone else here faced this situation before? Would
- Corporate Mom Considering 6 month break I’ve been working in corp America since I graduated college. Past 2 years have been brutal at Amazon. I have a 4 and 7 year old. I am truly burnt out and considering taking a 6 month break (quitting amazon with no backup job offers). I don’t just want to take a leave from Amazon because I really don
- What is the maternity leave program like at Atlassian? In the interview loop and want to understand what the maternity leave program is like at atlassian
- Relationship support Trigger warning Just received news about potential (no heartbeat at 8 weeks) 2nd consecutive miscarriage within a year. Husband has a visa stamping trip (non essential IMO because there are no planned international trips) which he wants to take in couple of weeks. Reason for him to still want to g
- vote Flying to India w/ Infant I tried as hard as I could to wrangle my way out of it, but it looks like my wife and I will need to fly to India with my 18-month-old for a wedding. If it's just the three of us, which option would be better: Option A: Buy 3 economy class tickets (have dedicated seat for kid to sleep) Option B: B
- Any new mom-to-be around San Jose? Hello, I’m FTM living in San Jose. Looking for mom-to-be friends. I am on visa living away from family, it’s so hard during pregnancy. I’d love to make friends in and around San Jose. Lmk. TC - SAP peanuts
- how much do you pay for childcare? per year or month. trying to figure out what prices are normal for things - daycare, nanny, etc etc I’m in seattle but also interested in costs elsewhere household TC is 400k
- Mrs Perfect getting under skin The other day I saw somebody referring to Mrs. Perfect who shows off in instagram while most of the hard work is outsourced to nanny or au pair. That made me think about my surroundings more. How many of you are annoyed by Mrs Perfect in your network? I will go first. I have a Mrs. Perfect in my are
- vote us public school system is the us public school system better than in your home country?
- Parenthood is overhyped We have a baby boy. It has become very exhausting. I just want to vent here and warn people who are planning to have kids. It’s a shit show. And I genuinely want to ask people here who have kids, what was your reasoning for having them ?
- My husband keep scolding my preteen boy. Though he scolds him for right things but I don't like it. What should I do? #parenting
- Pregnancy Brain I'm 3 weeks away from going on maternity leave and am struggling to be productive right now. I feel like pregnancy hormones are literally frying my brain and it's so difficult to stay focused on complex technical work. Not to mention every other debilitating 3rd trimester symptom 😭 Any other pregna
- My wife gets upset whenever I start looking for new job Especially if the new one has worse work life balance even if it is higher paid. Also, from multiple offers, she obviously prefer the good work life balance one. What should I do? Anything can help the agreement being made? #workingparent
- HSBC parental leave policy Anyone wishes to share?#workingparent #parenting
- How to conceive a girl Gender of a unborn baby seems not in our control at all. I feel, there should be some tips/tricks or some scientific way of conceiving whatever gender you want. Dont have preference for one gender over another. Just want to have 2 kids with both genders, already have 1. So is there any trick one can
- I want my newborn baby to become a genius I’ve read about how someone concluded that any baby can become a genius (they used chess and made all their daughters chess masters). I want to train my newborn daughter (3 weeks old) to be genius too but I don’t know how to do it. Please share any resources that you know about. I read the book Pea
- How do you control naughty kids? I am an Indian, During my childhood, my parents used to beat the hell out of me if I miss behave. In USA, parents are not allowed to beat their kids. I have heard stories where kids complained to cops that parents are beating and parents were given counseling. So,my query is how parents in USA contr
- Day care costs - Amazon Cambridge I'm planning to move to UK, and waiting for my offer from AWS Cambridge. I have a daughter who is 1 year old now, and wondering about the cost and facilities towards day care/childminder? Does amazon provides any cost benefit? Current Compensation: 90k Eur (Netherlands) YOE: 10+ #workingparent #am
- Regretting having kid We are regretting having kid. He is 2 years old now and we can’t wait for him to go to college already. Before having kid, we used to travel a lot and have lot of fun. We used to have so much time for ourselves. But now everything is about him. Sometimes we feel we rushed into having kid without gi
- Single dads/ moms in DC/ MD area? I feel like it’s near impossible to find parent friends in this area who are looking for friends. I say single parent because I am one and would like friends who can relate to my situation. Anyone in this area want to hang out? 28/ F
- High score public elementary vs challenger vs Stratford vs St. Andrews vs QofA catholic Hope to get some insights on choosing a elementary school for my little girl in the South Bay Area Option-A : High score public elementary in CUSD (free) Option-B : Challenger or Stratford ( tuition ~21K per year ) and which one is better ? Option-C : Religion school St Andrew’s ( tuition ~32k pe
- Nanny Management Tips Hired a nanny to help out with childcare and noticed her slacking off quite a bit since starting-always watching shows on her phone rather than activities/toys and leaves baby unattended for 30min+ without notifying us. Worried about the risks from her lack of attention-kid rolls and falls etc. Any