As an academic parent, carving out me-time is always a balancing act, even on holiday!
📍 Then: Netherlands, 2021
📍 Now: Norway, 2025
Same #yoga pose ⬇️🐶, same cuddly chaos.
#AcademicParent #AcademicMom #WorkLifeBalance #AcroYoga
📍 Then: Netherlands, 2021
📍 Now: Norway, 2025
Same #yoga pose ⬇️🐶, same cuddly chaos.
#AcademicParent #AcademicMom #WorkLifeBalance #AcroYoga
July 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
As an academic parent, carving out me-time is always a balancing act, even on holiday!
📍 Then: Netherlands, 2021
📍 Now: Norway, 2025
Same #yoga pose ⬇️🐶, same cuddly chaos.
#AcademicParent #AcademicMom #WorkLifeBalance #AcroYoga
📍 Then: Netherlands, 2021
📍 Now: Norway, 2025
Same #yoga pose ⬇️🐶, same cuddly chaos.
#AcademicParent #AcademicMom #WorkLifeBalance #AcroYoga
Productive day of maternity leave! Paper revisions sent back to a journal and my little one rolled over for the first time! I’ll pretend it’s always like this 😅😅 #academicparent #delusional
November 27, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Productive day of maternity leave! Paper revisions sent back to a journal and my little one rolled over for the first time! I’ll pretend it’s always like this 😅😅 #academicparent #delusional
It was fun bringing my 10yo daughter to participate in a research study @surreypsychology.bsky.social last week. Bonus highlight was that she drew me this portrait on my whiteboard, which I can now never erase! ❤️ #academicparent
April 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
It was fun bringing my 10yo daughter to participate in a research study @surreypsychology.bsky.social last week. Bonus highlight was that she drew me this portrait on my whiteboard, which I can now never erase! ❤️ #academicparent
Kiddo 1 asked kiddo 2 to peer-review his new Minecraft layout.
What "secrets of the trade" are your kids catching from having an #academicmom or #academicparent?
#momademia
#academicSky
What "secrets of the trade" are your kids catching from having an #academicmom or #academicparent?
#momademia
#academicSky
a group of pixelated frogs are gathered together in a game
ALT: a group of pixelated frogs are gathered together in a game
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February 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Kiddo 1 asked kiddo 2 to peer-review his new Minecraft layout.
What "secrets of the trade" are your kids catching from having an #academicmom or #academicparent?
#momademia
#academicSky
What "secrets of the trade" are your kids catching from having an #academicmom or #academicparent?
#momademia
#academicSky
Today's motherscholar life looks like submitting my R&R from the bleachers at the field hockey facility on campus since kiddo had practice & I had uninterrupted time to work outside. The beautiful weather was perfect for polishing off & sending in this manuscript! 🏑☀️👩🏻💻 #AcademicSky #academicparent
May 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Today's motherscholar life looks like submitting my R&R from the bleachers at the field hockey facility on campus since kiddo had practice & I had uninterrupted time to work outside. The beautiful weather was perfect for polishing off & sending in this manuscript! 🏑☀️👩🏻💻 #AcademicSky #academicparent
I have a 4/4 teaching load. Last semester, I taught 2 large lecture classes until I was 40 weeks pregnant.
And now my kid instantly calms down whenever I talk to him in my professor voice. Wild. #academicparent
And now my kid instantly calms down whenever I talk to him in my professor voice. Wild. #academicparent
January 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I have a 4/4 teaching load. Last semester, I taught 2 large lecture classes until I was 40 weeks pregnant.
And now my kid instantly calms down whenever I talk to him in my professor voice. Wild. #academicparent
And now my kid instantly calms down whenever I talk to him in my professor voice. Wild. #academicparent
once again feeling like a stack of legal documents held together with crunchy peanut butter #academicparent
June 10, 2026 at 8:31 AM
once again feeling like a stack of legal documents held together with crunchy peanut butter #academicparent
Conference friends: “I haven’t seen you in ages!”
Me: “Oh yeah I had a baby” 🫠
#mumsky #acmum #academicparent
Me: “Oh yeah I had a baby” 🫠
#mumsky #acmum #academicparent
December 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Conference friends: “I haven’t seen you in ages!”
Me: “Oh yeah I had a baby” 🫠
#mumsky #acmum #academicparent
Me: “Oh yeah I had a baby” 🫠
#mumsky #acmum #academicparent
Wasn’t ready for parenting to become singing Humpty Dumpty 50 times to lull my toddler to sleep #academicparent #toddlerhood #scimom
December 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Wasn’t ready for parenting to become singing Humpty Dumpty 50 times to lull my toddler to sleep #academicparent #toddlerhood #scimom
My attempt to finish a chapter draft by Christmas has turned into wiping snotty noses and reading Dear Santa approximately 50 times a day. Sigh. I got about halfway, at least. #academicwriting #academicparent
December 19, 2024 at 9:57 AM
My attempt to finish a chapter draft by Christmas has turned into wiping snotty noses and reading Dear Santa approximately 50 times a day. Sigh. I got about halfway, at least. #academicwriting #academicparent
got back on the socials after a long hiatus to LIVE TWEET this via bluesky. rushing from kids end-of-prinary school ceremony last night to join the action today #AcademicParent #FrenchHistoryNerdOut #CollectiveNoun?
Registration for the 2025 conference "Resistance/Résister" organized by The Global Consortium for French Historical Studies is now open. Have a look at our stunning program. We can't wait to see you in Paris in a few weeks! www.sfhsconference.org
July 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
got back on the socials after a long hiatus to LIVE TWEET this via bluesky. rushing from kids end-of-prinary school ceremony last night to join the action today #AcademicParent #FrenchHistoryNerdOut #CollectiveNoun?
Btw a faculty development day, the holiday break and now an ice storm, we're at day 19 of no childcare. I don't get how I'm supposed to make this #academicparent thing work sometimes.
January 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Btw a faculty development day, the holiday break and now an ice storm, we're at day 19 of no childcare. I don't get how I'm supposed to make this #academicparent thing work sometimes.
Got a child-free couple of hours and I'm floundering - doing the washing up because I've got too many potential things I could/should be doing 🙃 it's nice the house is quiet, but this always bloody happens
#academicparent #gamerparent
#academicparent #gamerparent
November 16, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Got a child-free couple of hours and I'm floundering - doing the washing up because I've got too many potential things I could/should be doing 🙃 it's nice the house is quiet, but this always bloody happens
#academicparent #gamerparent
#academicparent #gamerparent
In today’s version of #AcademicParent, it is ‘occupation day’ free dress. My small person is going as a vet, the classic scientist gateway.
Today is the first I’ve heard of it, with 5 minutes notice. Scouring the newsletter. No mention. Now digging in my car glove box for a gold coin donation.
Today is the first I’ve heard of it, with 5 minutes notice. Scouring the newsletter. No mention. Now digging in my car glove box for a gold coin donation.
a man wearing glasses and a hat says " i 'm embracing failure " in pink letters
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a hat says " i 'm embracing failure " in pink letters
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November 13, 2024 at 9:50 PM
In today’s version of #AcademicParent, it is ‘occupation day’ free dress. My small person is going as a vet, the classic scientist gateway.
Today is the first I’ve heard of it, with 5 minutes notice. Scouring the newsletter. No mention. Now digging in my car glove box for a gold coin donation.
Today is the first I’ve heard of it, with 5 minutes notice. Scouring the newsletter. No mention. Now digging in my car glove box for a gold coin donation.
Baked a sponge cake for a trifle with my girls over lunch break. #ParentingInAPandemic #ParentingInLockdown #academicparent
November 13, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Baked a sponge cake for a trifle with my girls over lunch break. #ParentingInAPandemic #ParentingInLockdown #academicparent
As a non-teaching academic I'm not sure I can easily share but as an #AcademicParent it's hard not to feel worried about my kids being priced out or repaying loans their whole lives as that middle band who are always worst off.
November 4, 2024 at 5:21 PM
As a non-teaching academic I'm not sure I can easily share but as an #AcademicParent it's hard not to feel worried about my kids being priced out or repaying loans their whole lives as that middle band who are always worst off.
Another hilarious yet eerily truthful email message from my incisive child!
Received on one of those days when, overcome by general end-of-term fatigue, I can't seem to write a tweet without a typo. 🙃
#parenting #academicparent #writingstudies #anticorrectionist
Received on one of those days when, overcome by general end-of-term fatigue, I can't seem to write a tweet without a typo. 🙃
#parenting #academicparent #writingstudies #anticorrectionist
December 4, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Another hilarious yet eerily truthful email message from my incisive child!
Received on one of those days when, overcome by general end-of-term fatigue, I can't seem to write a tweet without a typo. 🙃
#parenting #academicparent #writingstudies #anticorrectionist
Received on one of those days when, overcome by general end-of-term fatigue, I can't seem to write a tweet without a typo. 🙃
#parenting #academicparent #writingstudies #anticorrectionist
Actually, I take that back. Let this be the start of my micro blog on parenting tips. 😂
#PsychSciSky #AcademicParent
#PsychSciSky #AcademicParent
October 17, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Actually, I take that back. Let this be the start of my micro blog on parenting tips. 😂
#PsychSciSky #AcademicParent
#PsychSciSky #AcademicParent
@labroides #worklifebalance #academicparent that's adorable
February 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
@labroides #worklifebalance #academicparent that's adorable