The Mommy Options
Today's New York Times contains an interesting article about women, especially mothers, in the work force. Apparently, women are not joining the work force in the numbers they were a decade ago. Statistics show that mothers' participation in the work place has slipped since 2000, after rising for 5 straight decades. For example, from 1995 to 2003, the time mothers spent working outside the home dropped by nearly 4 hours a week. Additionally, while from the 1950's to the early 1990's, women's participation in the work force overall (either working or activiely seeking employment) rose from 40% to about 75%, since 2000, the numbers have declined.
Gee, I wonder why . . ..
When I was in high school, I was a dutiful daughter. While I had my lapses, my parents could usually count on me to follow their rules and generally comply with societal norms. I attended the school where my father was principal so there was only so much deviant behavior I could get away with anyway! After graduating and attending college, I decided to go to law school because I couldn't think of anything else do to. I also knew that if I graduated still not knowing what I wanted to do, at least I could get a job. I was right. I landed a well paying job at a small but growing law firm in Baltimore, Maryland. I worked with nice people, enjoyed challenging work and officially launched my slow but steady climb up someone else's corporate ladder.
