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YOUR FAMILY IS NOT A CORPORATION

Most people come home to get away from work, so I’m a bit perplexed about the new trend of running your family like a business. I’m not talking about owning a corner dairy and having the kids help out behind the counter. I mean when you make an Excel spreadsheet of your children’s cello lessons or send Whatsapp messages to tell your kids to come to dinner. Yes, apparently it’s a thing.

Many families are using business software such as Slack (a work-productivity app, described as “where work happens”) and project-management platforms like Trello to communicate with each other..

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