Abstract

Working moms risk being reduced to one of two subtypes: homemakers-viewed as warm but incompetent, or female professionals-characterized as One of us is drafting this article between loads of laundry, another during a toddler's naps, and another between homework consults. All three of us take our careers seriously and take our child-rearing seriously. And yet our situations differ, at least as perceived from outside. The working dad is lauded for being a great father, so involved with his child, but no one questions his commitment to his profession. The working moms among us haven't heard any praise lately for their parenting skills, but have been asked if they can really manage the profession at the same time as raising their respective children