We’re expected to do our jobs as if we don’t have children — and then raise our children as if we don’t have jobs,” she said. “If you think about the model of the ideal mother, it’s the person who sacrifices everything for her child. The ideal worker is someone who can drop everything and go on a business trip at a moment’s notice, and who can stay late — not leave at 5 o'clock to pick up kids. So if you’re trying to be both, then you are faking it.
The ugly secret of working moms [and any other worker with outside obligations]

Source: theweek.com

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