Interesting, depressing essay on being a SAHM:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/grown-...b_3402691.html
Interesting, depressing essay on being a SAHM:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/grown-...b_3402691.html
M, Mom to 3 handsome boys, '06, '08, '11
I'm sorry she feels this way. I could not disagree with her more.
Thanks for posting. I definitely understand where she is coming from. This piece may be unpopular on the BBB and in the national press, but I think she raises many valid points.
I find it insincere and clearly designed mostly to be provocative and thereby generate publicity. The author clearly had the education and resources to re-enter the work force and made an affirmative decision not to for two decades. That choice doesn't mesh with her lengthy list of "regrets."
Last edited by boltfam; 06-18-2013 at 10:46 PM.
Not on a whim, but with a plan, not to mention that there are many other job opportunities for folks with investment banking backgrounds. I took five years off after my first child, and it took six months to get another law job when I decided to go back. A lot is possible if you are flexible and persistent. she didn't have a sincere desire to go back, and now she is writing thispiece to stir the "mommy wars" currents and make a name for herself.
5 years is not 20 years. And jobs on trading floors do not go to to those looking for flexibility. I'm sure she's employable, but she'll never get back on the very competitive and VERY lucrative investment banking track she was on.
I don't identify with her piece, but, I am not a particularly ambitious person. I do not think I am her target audience.
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DS - 5
Yeah that to 5 years not being 20 years. I know 2 women whose DH's got laid off around 55-57 years of age. Both women were in early to mid 50s and hadn't worked since their 20s. One was a teacher, went back to college to get certification again and could not find work. The other was college educated and ended up getting a position with Hallmark setting up their displays in stores Twenty years out of workforce even with recent training can be very difficult to get back from.