Much has been written in the last few years about moms returning to the workforce, as well as the ascent of women in general in the work world. While women still earn less than men in many instances, it’s also no longer that uncommon for women to out earn their husbands. Many, many of these [...]
I’m going to say it. I wish I was not a working mom. I know what I would rather be doing, and “needing” to work is not on the list. I’m pretty good at entertaining myself, and with 4 kids and a husband, I have lots of people entertaining me. I’ve been a working mom [...]
Seth Godin wrote a great post today that working moms can really take to heart. You know all about the angst we feel about not being everything to everybody – and oh.my.god.the.guilt when we drop the ball? Well, as Seth Godin says, You Rock. But you don’t rock every minute of every day. No one does. [...]
Consider for a moment this excerpt from the October 2009 PEW Report titled “The Harried Life of the Working Mother”: Women now make up almost half of the U.S. labor force, up from 38% in 1970. This nearly forty-year trend has been fueled by a broad public consensus about the changing role of women in [...]
When I was pregnant with my first child in 1992, I was put on bedrest at 36 weeks for pregnancy-induced-hypertension. I was working for a company that did not offer any kind of maternity benefits, so my time on bedrest and my entire maternity leave was unpaid time. This was a huge bummer, especially considering [...]
I’ve been a parent for almost 18 years now and from the absolute get-go, the whole idea of combining a job and motherhood has made my head hurt. It’s not that I do not like working. I actually do really enjoy a lot about working — most especially the simple act of doing Great Work. [...]
I just love it when I find Great Stuff on the internet. Back in May when I was first starting this blog, I hired a web designer to come up with a super-snazzy design. I thought for sure that a super-snazzy design would magically bring my mish-mash of ideas together. Turns out my vision for [...]