We bring you a book review for “How Ella Grew an Electric Guitar: A Girl’s First Adventure in Business” written by Orly Sade and Ellen Neuborne. Parents who want to go beyond telling their children that “money doesn’t grow on trees” will find that this fun story told from the eyes of someone their age will actually do more than educate.
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The amount of time an entrepreneur puts into his/her business is directly correlated with the amount of reward as a result. The same goes for motherhood. However, running your own business allows for one of the most important words in the Mother’s Dictionary: flexibility. If I need to come into the office early because I know I have a baseball game to catch later, I will do that. The time is still there, just in a different slot.
The combination of President Obama’s affirmation that “I think same-sex couples should be able to get married” and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s reaffirmation of his opposition to same-sex marriage and to civil unions usefully highlights two distinct debates about the relationship between marriage and civil unions. Both debates are likely to feature in the presidential campaign and in local politics.
To ease the transition from domestic to professional work, parents must start coming forward and talking about the skills gleaned at home and how they apply to the workplace. Only then will the role of parenting and “time off” to raise children be viewed as a benefit rather than a black mark on your resume. Corporate employers look favorably on veterans and athletes, so why not stay-at-home mothers?
No matter what I tell myself, no matter how much effort I put into my job while I am at the office, my work always follows me home. Always. It’s like a small mangy dog that you’d rather not have nipping at your heels, but you feel bad ignoring.
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Why this idea that ambition evaporates as soon as the epidural wears off? I presume some of this misperception stems from the additional time constraints placed on working parents. While many women seek a balance between their work and personal lives, increasingly, so do men.
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For many people, infertility remains to some degree a source of embarrassment or a sign of failure. Adding that stress to existing obligations can spell disaster. Only those forced into the world of infertility realize how common it is.
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I never used to think about being single as equivalent to minority status, but at 41 that’s essentially what it is. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, less than 14 percent of women between 40 and 44 are single in the sense of never having married, though the number is higher when you include those who are divorced or separated.
Treating pregnant women and mothers more leniently than other employees is not desirable. The view that pregnant women and mothers deserve special treatment may appear feminist, but it actually serves the interests of those who want women pregnant and at home while daddy wins the bread.
Why do women change their last names when they get married? Piper Hoffman explores the minefield of assuming your husband’s surname after marriage and suggests some alternatives.
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