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.



Health

An Indian immigrant taught Britain how to wash its hair 200 years ago and invented shampoo, as we know it

Culture

Margaret Corbin is the only woman honored with a monument at West Point. Every American should know her name.

Science

A blind woman bent down to kiss her guide dog goodnight, and the accident that followed restored her vision

Health

What if hospitals were breathtakingly beautiful? Barcelona answered that question 100 years ago.