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July 27, 2005
Life In The Balance
It
seems like every parent out there is struggling with the balancing
act: One parent's getting home late every night and never seeing
the kids, while the other never sees anyone but the kids
and hasn't had a business card since the Clinton administration.
Or, both juggle full-time jobs and nobody sees the kids (except
the babysitter and maybe Grandma).
There's a new breed of parents tired of the “either-or”
and fed up with flextime that isn't (not to mention the daggers
when they leave the office at noon). Many modern parents are creating
new models for blending work and family. Life as You Know It,
a new film by Kristina Robbins-Higgins, looks at these pioneering
parents up close.
This clever 15-minute film is one of three finalists in a contest
sponsored by Audi in which filmmakers were challenged to capture
emerging trends. Robbins-Higgins and her husband Nick, a cinematographer,
work from their Los Angeles home and raise their toddler son –
Finlay – together. Figuring that other creative moms and dads
must be cobbling together the same type of arrangement, Robbins-Higgins
set out cross-country and filmed four families.
The couples include the makers of Wry
Baby T-shirts, an Austin-based musician
and kid's clothing designer (ramonsterwear.com),
a Boston
photographer and brand
marketer, and Brooklyn-based restaurateurs who own and
run Applewood.
What ties these families together is the desire to spend as much
time as possible with their kids while they're little, a commitment
to shared parenting, and a willingness to embrace hard work and
chaos at the same time.
Granted, the couples in the film seem confidant and almost intimidatingly
happy with their decisions – something that may put off parents
who'd love to attempt the same lifestyle but can't. Still, it's
an interesting group and the window into their world provided by
Robbins-Higgins is welcome. After all, it's a chance to see how
things might be if we did them a little differently.
To view Life As You Know It, go to audiusa.com/a3
and click on the “3 Filmmakers, 3 Journeys” icon.
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