Parents of young children have been crying out for some time to improve our working conditions so we can spend more time with our children, to be able to take care of them without having to leave them in the hands of third parties and, in short, to see them grow.
It is not a trivial matter, it is not a whim, it is what any psychologist would recommend to a State if its rulers asked what is better at the evolutionary and emotional level for children and not only that, it is what parents want for us and our children, have time to Give them love, love and an education.
The response of the rulers, to date, has been something like "yes, calm down, we will consider the problem and create help so that parents can reconcile work with family life." And for a while they did. How? Fatal, creating thousands of nursery places for our children to spend the day there while we continued working the same. Come on, what in my town we would call "work and family reconciliation very poorly understood."
Now it transcends the news that Sara Carbonero will cover the World Cup in Brazil leaving her five-month-old son in Spain and when talking about it explains that "I am not the only woman who reconciles work and motherhood". And of course, I am also a father and I like at least trying to lay down what I consider the basis of what public opinion should be, because I don't shut up: Is this work and family reconciliation?
She can do what she wants
Surely you will want to tell me this: she can do what she wants. Of course, of course you can do it. It would be more. It is his mother, he is his baby and hey, the father does the same, goes to the World Cup in Brazil for a whole month (if the qualifiers are happening) and leaves the same child in Spain. But if this is called reconciling family life with work, well, no, I don't think so.
To reconcile the family with work would be to adapt the working day in some way that would allow you to spend more time with your children. Something like a reduction in working hours for the mother and father (and it would be good if they received some compensatory help, due to the loss of purchasing power), such as being able to modify the work schedule to be able to attend to your child in the morning or not arrive at eight in the afternoon, when the child already sleeps, etc.
Even being able, if possible, to do part of work at home, so as not to separate so much time from your son or vice versa, to be able to take your child, if possible, to work. I know it sounds weird because we are not used to it, but there are many, many jobs, where a baby would not bother the least.
That is not to reconcile
So no, leave 2-3 weeks, or four if Spain reaches the final, to another country, leaving you behind the child, that is not to reconcile family life with work. That is to do the same thing you would do if you were not a mother, with the only difference that you will connect via webcam To see your son
To reconcile would be to take it with you to Brazil and to have the possibility of working covering only the matches and training of Spain, for example. That would leave you time to take care of your baby. You could be with him while you work and someone could be in charge when you appear on the antenna.
And if the idea is to change mentalities, hanging out with the baby on television while interviewing soccer players. Maybe even some would make you goofy and society would understand that babies and motherhood are not at odds with a normal life, that it seems that being a mother or father you have to hide from others until the child is older. Thus, in addition, even the father could spend many times with him.
Nothing changes…
So, as you said, Sara: "I have never considered quitting work, I really like what I do, there is time for everything. I just hope there is good Wi-Fi connection in the hotel, so I don't miss anything Martin does these weeks." There is time for everything, of course, but the one who loses is the usual one, the little boy who does not understand why his parents suddenly disappear almost a month from their lives. I hope there is a good Wi-Fi connection, but the worst is not what you are going to miss. The worst is what your son is going to miss, which is his parents.
I repeat: that is not to reconcile work with the family. That's doing the same as adults who have no children. That is to continue giving coba to a system that is set up so that the weakest and helpless are those who continue to suffer the consequences.
