High Tech Campus Eindhoven resident Expat Spouses Initiative (ESI) launched their new initiative “Live, Work, Play” aiming to reach a balance between the social integration and connections of the working parents (Live), their work development and career (Work), and their children (Play).
Many working parents find it difficult to combine their duties as caring parents spending enough time with their kids and as efficient employees at their work place. But now the lives of all these parents can change for the better by a perfect combination of a work place and a kids’ place in one building.
Anne Yanni – one of the founders of ESI, explained that the idea behind the initiative is to create a place where parents can do their job in a professional environment working with other people so that they can pursue their career and broaden their network while at the same time have their kids in the room “next-door” who are taken care of by professional daycare workers in a homelike environment.
Presently located in a building at High Tech Campus near all restaurants and some sport facilities, the “Live, Work, Play” initiative aims to highlight the importance of the combination of work socialization, everyday needs such as food and sport, and taking care of one’s own kids.
Beneficiaries “The initiative is aimed at benefiting both the parents and the kids”, beamed Yanni while holding her 10-month baby on her chest. “We want to create flexible daycare where you are accessible to both your work and your kids”, she furthered.
This pilot initiative benefits parents in several ways. First, parents do not need to stay at home taking care of their kids. Thus, both parents in the family can have an equal opportunity to follow their career and this can inevitably lead to a more relaxed atmosphere at home which is good both for the parents and the kids. Second, parents do not need to leave their kids to a daycare centre and see them only when they are back from work.
