If you think distractions and procrastination are problems when you are working alone from home, see how you go getting any work done if you have a young family sharing the home workspace with you. The most common complaints about working from home are family-created distractions and self distractions. The distractions I experience now, though, are so different from the "cube" distractions I dealt with in my corporate jobs, ... Read full entry

First-born kids really do have it tougher Apparently first-born children tend to be "rule-abiding [and] responsible", as a result of sterner parental discipline as youngsters. Some of the time anyway. There are two Jones brothers, Joshua and Justin. But when something breaks - like the time a soccer ball crashed through a garage window - it's usually Joshua who gets the lecture: You're the oldest, his parents remind him. You need ... Read full entry