Did you know that Macaroni Kid is built upon 10 Core Values? As a Macaroni Kid Publisher, these values guide my actions and decisions. Each week for the next ten weeks I am going to break down one of the core values and share why it is important to me and my Macaroni Kid edition. I am also going to complete a video series which will go live every Wednesday evening so subscribe to our youtube channel and be the first to see each video.
Macaroni Kid Core Values
3. Be responsive, kind, and generous of time and spirit
4. Put family first but don't lose sight of self
5. Dream
6. Create
7. Innovate. Take risks. Make mistakes. Fix. Repeat.
8. Be curious
9. Business is professional
10. Collaboration, not competition.
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"Family is not an important thing. It's everything." - Michael J. Fox
The way of Macaroni Kid - Core Value #4 Put family first but don't lose sight of self
Seven years ago this week I left a job that I liked with people I loved to have my daughter. Having one parent stay at home is not the right decision for every family but as our family began my husband and I knew it was the right decision for us. But it doesn't mean it was easy. I love my kids with all of my being and I feel so blessed that I got the be the one there with them every day. I got to wake them up and put them to bed and we had the freedom to do story times, playdates and trips to the zoo. But even though I seemly had everything there was a huge hole inside of me. I remember feeling like all my hard work in school and my career was for nothing because now my existing was to feed children and pick up toys. I felt like my entire day was to moving clothes from the washer to the dryer to the drawers to bodies. I knew being home was the right decision for our family but some times I wondered if it was the right decision for me. I missed working in an office and completing projects. I missed thinking beyond the ABCs. I used the listen to the recordings of the Economist in the car because I couldn't handle one more Laurie Berkner song. Then I would feel guilty for not being grateful for all I had and got do with my kids, which would make me feel even worse about the whole thing.
Becoming a Macaroni Kid Publisher gave me back that sense of purpose and a self fulfillment that I had been looking for all with in the context of being with my family. I can still be there to drop off my kid at school or take them to dance class but last the same time I have professional goals that I am working towards. I have fellow publishers who I get to collaborate with on projects and goals. And although there are times when I feel like I am drowing in work and dreams and laundry I feel like a whole person again.
Macaroni Kid is all about family fun and kid things but it also gave me back a sense of self that had been missing for a long time. Yes there are days that it is tough and I let my kids play on their iPads so I can work. But now I feel like I am doing more in the world than just making sure my kids have clean clothes.
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