by Jackie Acho | Mar 10, 2019 | #EmpathyDeficitDisorder, Fathers, Parenting
Andy Cohen is teaching us something in honestly sharing the pain he’s endured coming out…as a parent. The online community has judged and shamed him for everything from putting a couple of small pillows in the crib, to posing for the cover of People (as a...
by Jackie Acho | May 25, 2016 | Early childhood, Fathers, Motherhood, Mothers, Parental Leave, Parenting, Uncategorized
Mayor Trevor Elkins of Newburgh Heights, Ohio (a small suburb of Cleveland) inspired the most progressive parental leave policy in the country: six-months paid leave for all of the village’s full-time employees, women and men, biological parents and adoptive....
by Jackie Acho | Dec 6, 2014 | Empathy, Entrepreneurship, Fathers, Innovation with a conscience, Innovation with a soul, Intrapreneurship, Parenting, Women in Leadership, Work Family Balance
I had the pleasure and privilege of speaking at TEDx Cleveland State on 10/24/14. Thanks to all of the family, friends, colleagues, and clients who contributed to the content and provided steadfast encouragement…especially Eva Basilion. We hope you enjoy it,...
by Jackie Acho | Oct 29, 2013 | Fathers, Leadership, Mothers, Women in Science, Work Family Balance
My husband headed out of town this morning. I have important meetings and work to do. I have no backup childcare in place. You’ve been here, right? I bet your cortisol shot up just reading the title. What to do? Plan A: work through it. He’s probably old...
by Jackie Acho | Oct 24, 2013 | Culture, Early childhood, Empathy, Fathers, Feminist revolution, Identity, Motherhood, Mothers, Parenting, Women in Leadership, Work Family Balance
“Successful parenting is a principal key to the mental health of the next generation…In most societies throughout the world these facts have been and still are taken for granted and the societies organized accordingly. Paradoxically, it has taken the world’s richest...
by Jackie Acho | Jul 13, 2013 | Empathy, Fathers, Leadership, Parenting, Uncategorized, Work Family Balance
It’s Saturday morning – a good time to review and connect in cyberspace on issues that matter. The problem is that some of these debates further entrench us, rather than propel us to better solutions. Work/family balance is one of those, and I’m...
