I’ve blogged about work/life balance in the past. This latest article/study is also quite interesting.
It concludes that the issue of more working women and men staying home more is a problem to overcome, but the fact that there are more single working women is a crisis. I would agree with that. Those who know me know I wish I were a mom living in 1950s America, staying home, cleaning the house, cooking, and caring for my family. That is my true and correct place, not working my tail off and never getting ahead financially.
Though I’m not single, I spent some time as a single mom, and I can tell you it isn’t easy. There is not a lot of support for single, working moms in a professional career. We spend more time caring for those who are not working or underemployed, which is admirable, but only scratches the surface.
Our government needs to do more to protect mothers and our children. They are the future. In years from now, we’ll be appalled to see what we did to the mother/child relationship.