I thought I wanted a baby someday, but after watching this … yikes.

I’m not a parent, but I might be kind of glad I’m not. It looks really freaking hard.

Although I’m not a working parent myself, my parents were, and I’ve always appreciated how much effort that must have taken to raise someone like me while holding down a job.

But now I’m beginning to think it’s harder than I’ve ever imagined. The video below — starring Adrienne C. Moore from “Orange Is the New Black” — was made by Make It Work as a way to illustrate just how difficult it can be. And they’re asking working families a question I would love the answer to: Just how do you do it?


Here are some of my favorite answers from around the web. Be sure to share your secrets to making it work here.



Making Sense of Science

People are finding out firsthand why you ‘can’t’ pour water down the Hoover Dam

Pop Culture

Woman gives tour of her $650 New York micro apartment and people were unprepared

Generations

Woman inherits her grandma’s ‘perpetual calendar’ from the ’70s. It’s a perfect family heirloom.

Science

A small battery has been ringing a bell continuously since 1840. No one knows what’s inside.