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Multigenerational Nests

By Kanesha Baynard

Kanesha is a working mother with a robust career (personal and professional life coach and educator). In order to have work/life balance, "manage" her husband, and two kids, Kanesha has created multigenerational lifestyle. Kanesha's mother-in-law moved in, in 2007, to help out. Check out tips, stories, lunacy, and laughter about multigenerational living.

I was thrilled to be featured on Life By Me, last week. I really love talking about multigenerational living as a way to create the life I want as a working mother. Multigenerat ... Read more...
This morning kicked off with a frenzy of kid activities. I had to chase my 5-year-old around to get him dressed. It was fun, but it was putting me behind schedule because I needed to get my 13-year-old to the orthodontis. I wanted to check a few email mesages ... Read more...
It's summer, my mother-in-law is gone - on vacation, my kids are on summer vaction, and I'm working from home. I'm tag teaming childcare with my husband - which in all honesty means I'm overseeing most of the childcare. It's a bit chaotic and I'm leaning into the up ... Read more...
May is almost here which brings my mind to all the upcoming milestone celebrations. There will be weddings, commencement excercises, Mother's Day, Father's day...and a host of other "bringing the family together" events. Our multigenerational nest enjo ... Read more...
There are two more months left before this school year ends. Summer break will come and then my youngest will enter kindergarten, in August. I’ve mentioned before I’m not the biggest fan of Read more...
2012 has been fantastic, explorative, crazy, frenzied, and busy for our multigenerational nest. I launched my coaching practice, fulltime, at the start of 2012. What a transition for our entire fam ... Read more...
I have one aunt I’ll see, during the Thanksgiving holiday, who always says to me, “Your husband has a great job and I don’t understand why you still work. Your children need you, you know?” She’s been saying this since 2000, and yes, ... Read more...
Earlier today I was being interviewed about what it meant to be a working mother and to have the support of my live-in mother-in-law. The first thing that sprang into my mind was the gift of time. This gift of time allows me to: be fully p ... Read more...
by Kanesha About two years ago, I got a big fat promotion. I became a grandmommy. Yup, that’s right, a grandmommy! Let me take a step back... When my little guy s ... Read more...
  I totally got a kick out of these adorable grandparents on Webcam 101 for Seniors. My husband and I were going through our morning routine, and stopped ... Read more...
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