I read an article in the NYT that really depressed me. It reports that a huge chunk of ivy league women plan to leave their jobs (they all plan to go to law school) when they have children.
The article kept me up last night. I figure it might be cathartic for me to try to explain why.
First a disclaimer. I went back to work as a partner in a law firm when my son was 4 months old. I had no choice. My ex-husband had problems with substance abuse and I was the steady income. But even so, the decision to combine work and mothering was right for me and for my son, and if you ever met us and sat down to hear about those early years you would agree.