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| My daughter, a girl on the rise, in my office one day |
"[A]ccording to a growing body of research, working mothers have an overwhelmingly positive influence on their children." KRISTEN BAHLER
- A recent study suggests that working moms should not feel guilty about working. YEAH!!!
Successful working women keep track of important matters in the news. However, we are not one-dimensional. Some of us also want to keep up with celebrity gossip and fashion news too. Even in the era of the Internet and 24 hour news shows and E!, it can be challenging to keep up with everything.
Every working mom with small I know feels guilty about working. Every single one. The guilt generally stems from a fear that by working we'll harm our kids for life because we alone are the source of their life, soul, and strength--and we are gone a lot. We perseverate. We lie awake at night sometimes and cry in our cars because we are convinced that the working and the mothering are in direct conflict.
We talk to working moms with grown children to find out how they made it work. Often we find out that they, like Nancy Pelosi, stayed home when their kids were young and started working full time after their kids were school aged. That's why I feel so fortunate to work with a few women who worked the entire time and have multiple children. One particularly bad ass woman had four successful girls and she looks fabulous to boot.
And then, there is my own mother. She raised three children, worked full time the entire time (with the exception of one semester) and also got promoted several times. Her children are college educated. The two girls have advanced degrees and the youngest, retired from banking, is pursuing his dreams and is on the road to becoming rich and famous.
These are the stories that are often untold. And the study below suggests that they aren't anomalies. Apparently girls with working moms absorb through observation and osmosis that career success and economic empowerment are the goals.
And then, there is my own mother. She raised three children, worked full time the entire time (with the exception of one semester) and also got promoted several times. Her children are college educated. The two girls have advanced degrees and the youngest, retired from banking, is pursuing his dreams and is on the road to becoming rich and famous.
These are the stories that are often untold. And the study below suggests that they aren't anomalies. Apparently girls with working moms absorb through observation and osmosis that career success and economic empowerment are the goals.
YEAH!!! We can relax. Working is totally worth it.
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