The Balancing Act

Hi All,

Thanks to Molly Freeman for alerting us to this series of New York Times articles called The Balancing Act, which looks at the ways working mothers from varied backgrounds are balancing careers and family responsibilities.

Here's the first installment, called "Coveting Not a Corner Office but Time at Home"

And here's a great commentary on that piece called Men Want Work-Family Balance, and Policy Should Help Them Achieve It
which goes further to explore the needs of men and fathers as part of this picture of policies needed to improve the lives of working families:

And here's the second article in the NYT series called "Working Parents, Wanting Fewer Hours"

These articles are wonderful sources of real-people stories showing how the dilemmas and struggles caused by a lack of caring policies at work and as a nation.

Good reading!