How does Woodward know women are dropping out of the workplace because they believe the can’t have it all? Also, while having it all may include having both a family and a career, it probably also includes an increased cost of living to cover work-related expense (clothing, transportation, etc), increased stress and increased probability of heart attack, stroke and other diseases that used to be the bane of male executives. Maybe these women are just plain smarter than the rest of us.
“Henry has no doubt that women can have it all. “I think you certainly can have a good marriage and be a good parent and also have a significant career. You can do those two things at once, absolutely,” she said.”
marriage, parent, carreer. Hmmm, sounds like three to me.
Its possible but its really really hard. My ex and I as insurance professionals tried it and while it worked for a while, but in the end the stresses and strains of doing it while being in a part of the US where we didn’t have a family support network eventually took its toll.
Our kids were raised by a series of child care givers, her mental health was ruined and our relationship deteriorated as we were both physically and mentally exausted by 50+ hour work weeks, and then trying to feed, clothe, house and actually try and be a family and do the things that family is supposed to do. We had a very expensive home, new new and expensive cars, nice clothes and great vacations, but all that wasn’t worth the cost to us as a family.
If I were to do it all over again, I would not have agreed to have kids while she was working full time or I would have curtailed my career and taken a “daddy” track. Oh yeah and we both worked for major insurers with “progressive” policies regarding working parents. It doesn’t matter-work is work and your employer demands just as much from you as a person with no family issues to deal with.
To this day I feel guilty that my now adult daughters are having to care for my ex as she has been unable to hold a job now for almost 5 years.
I hope that if just one set of parents who read this consider this and make changes to
When I went back to work after raising my two children to ages 27 months and five months, we spent about 1/3 of my take home pay for child care. Then there were expenses for business attire. dry cleaning, transportation to and from work, etc. etc. I would have been delighted to have been able to have been a stay at home mom, but we were not able to handle it financially.
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How does Woodward know women are dropping out of the workplace because they believe the can’t have it all? Also, while having it all may include having both a family and a career, it probably also includes an increased cost of living to cover work-related expense (clothing, transportation, etc), increased stress and increased probability of heart attack, stroke and other diseases that used to be the bane of male executives. Maybe these women are just plain smarter than the rest of us.
Hi Huh. Yes, may be you are right.
Well, I dunno. Can they count to three?
“Henry has no doubt that women can have it all. “I think you certainly can have a good marriage and be a good parent and also have a significant career. You can do those two things at once, absolutely,” she said.”
marriage, parent, carreer. Hmmm, sounds like three to me.
Its possible but its really really hard. My ex and I as insurance professionals tried it and while it worked for a while, but in the end the stresses and strains of doing it while being in a part of the US where we didn’t have a family support network eventually took its toll.
Our kids were raised by a series of child care givers, her mental health was ruined and our relationship deteriorated as we were both physically and mentally exausted by 50+ hour work weeks, and then trying to feed, clothe, house and actually try and be a family and do the things that family is supposed to do. We had a very expensive home, new new and expensive cars, nice clothes and great vacations, but all that wasn’t worth the cost to us as a family.
If I were to do it all over again, I would not have agreed to have kids while she was working full time or I would have curtailed my career and taken a “daddy” track. Oh yeah and we both worked for major insurers with “progressive” policies regarding working parents. It doesn’t matter-work is work and your employer demands just as much from you as a person with no family issues to deal with.
To this day I feel guilty that my now adult daughters are having to care for my ex as she has been unable to hold a job now for almost 5 years.
I hope that if just one set of parents who read this consider this and make changes to
When I went back to work after raising my two children to ages 27 months and five months, we spent about 1/3 of my take home pay for child care. Then there were expenses for business attire. dry cleaning, transportation to and from work, etc. etc. I would have been delighted to have been able to have been a stay at home mom, but we were not able to handle it financially.