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Ambitious Like a Mother - Why Prioritizing Your Career Is Good for Your Kids (Hardcover)
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Ambitious Like a Mother - Why Prioritizing Your Career Is Good for Your Kids (Hardcover)
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In this singular cultural moment, mothers have unparalleled
opportunities to succeed at work while continuing to face the same
societal impediments that held back our mothers and grandmothers.
We still encounter entrenched gender bias in the workplace and are
expected to shoulder the lion's share of labor and burdens at home
while being made to feel as if we're never doing enough. All the
while we're told that the perfect work-life balance is possible, if
only we try hard enough to achieve it. It's time to change the
conversation-about work, life, and "balance." Work and life are
inextricably, intimately intertwined. We need to celebrate what we
do give our children-even and especially in moments of
imbalance-rather than apologizing for what we don't. In this way,
we can model for our children how we use our talents to help others
and raise awareness about the issues closest to our hearts. We can
embrace the personal fulfillment and financial independence that
pursuing meaningful work can bring as a way of showing our children
how to live happy, purpose-driven lives. Bazelon argues not only
that we can but that we should. Being ambitious at work and being a
good mother to our children are not at odds-these qualities
mutually reinforce each other. Backed up by research and filled
with personal stories from Bazelon's life, as well as that of her
mother and the many other women she interviewed across the cultural
and financial spectrum, Ambitious Like a Mother is an anthem, a
beacon for all to recognize and celebrate the pioneering women who
reject the false idols of the Selfless Mother and Work-Life
Balance, and a call to embrace your own ambitions and model your
multiplicities for your children.
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