Thinkingmama

Of course many moms out there have similar experiences with having to balance kids and home and work and life. But to me, it’s always eye-opening when I hear or read about someone else’s experiences or thoughts about it all. Case in point: If you read technology news regularly, you probably have seen a quote [...]

A recent sociological study says the opt-out revolution is a myth. Educated women are not leaving the workplace in droves, it says. One finding it brings up that I can definitely understand: Some women are leaving the workplace after they have their babies because they have no choice. Their employers won’t give them flexibility or [...]

Anyone who has ever struggled with motherhood and career should read “Mommy Wars.” It’s a collection of a couple dozen essays about motherhood and work and trying to make sense of it all. The main thing I took away from it: There is no perfect answer, no end to the mommy wars.
Yet many of us [...]

No, I’m not getting divorced. But a front-page article on today’s Wall Street Journal about men who receive alimony wanting respect caught my eye. Some of the men complained about being called deadbeats. A couple of the men said they felt entitled to the monthly checks from their ex-wives because they put their careers [...]

A blog post on blogher.com hits so many points about the “mommy wars” that it makes me think, once again, that everything has been said before. Everything has been written before. But I’ll try to go on. After all, no two moms have everything in common. My transition to stay-at-home motherhood will be different from [...]

There’s a grabber of a headline for you. But it relates to this blog, I promise!
During the press conferences by New York Governor Eliot Spitzer announcing 1. that he had let down his family because he solicited prostitutes and 2. that he was quitting as governor, his wife stood with him at the podium. Much [...]