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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a woman with approximately 10 direct reports who are men and all of them that are fathers have discussed their childcare arrangements with me.[/quote]

LOL, I manage 15 people and the only ones that run around moaning about their childcare issues are women. Not a single man lets this enter in conversation, nor lets it get in the way.

I wouldn't say "Hey Jim, you told me you have an Aupair watching your kids, since you have that AUPair, I'd like you to join us for a partner dinner Tuesday night. Cindy says she cannot make it because she takes her kids to Kindercare".  Weird.[/quote]

But there is a huge difference between discussing and moaning. I can tell you all about my employee's child care arrangements, as well as my boss's childcare arrangements, a mix of men and women. Nobody is moaning or saying they can't work but we have conversations and we do discuss child care needs when scheduling things if it is relevant. My office is really family friendly and we all like each other and try to help each other out. Everyone at my office knows I have an au pair, many people have met my two most recent au pairs, and because we have conversations their perceptions of what it means to have an au pair are pretty accurate.[/quote]

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