News Roundup
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Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently…
- Real Simple lists several good beauty buys at Target.
- Anna Davies writes about “meternity” leave in The New York Post, while in Glamour, a working mom responds.
- The BBC reports on the mom who had to throw out 500 oz. of breastmilk at Heathrow, while New York magazine’s The Cut reports that even celebrities face difficulties as traveling pumping moms.
- The Washington Post offers tips on beating procrastination.
- A mom of five writes in The Huffington Post about worrying that she’s raised a Mean Girl and how she addressed a problematic social situation involving her daughter and her friends.
- Geeks with Juniors rounds up several storybook apps that feature strong female characters.
- Joanna Goddard writes at A Cup of Jo about ways to enrich your relationship with your spouse after having kids.
- The New York Times looks into the improved versions of the breast pump that are on the horizon or already available.
- Check out this fully-funded Kickstarter for Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, a “children’s book that reinvents fairy tales, inspiring girls with the stories of 100 great women from Elizabeth I to Serena Williams.”
- New York magazine’s Science of Us looks at how opportunities for creativity are lacking in typical arts-and-crafts projects used by preschools.
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On Corporette Recently…
- We talked about a marriage mindset, making time for therapy appointments with a busy job, and being friends with your assistant.
- Weekend Wednesday rounded up good travel dresses.
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Thank you for posting about the children’s book Kickstarter project! I’m pregnant with my first (a girl). Just backed this project and super excited about the prospects of reading it to her as it comes out.
Did anybody read the “meternity” article? This woman just does not get it.
Parenthood provides flexibility? No, it reduces flexibility at work because you have to prove that your kid is not interfering with your job. The guys I work with are always taking time off to go mountain biking or whatever, but if I take the afternoon off to take my kid to the doctor I get all kinds of comments.
Having margaritas with a friend “ghosted” by her date is as “valid” as picking your kid up from day care? Uh, no, if you fail to pick your kid up from day care you will be getting a call from CPS.
Motherhood teaches women to “self-advocate for their families”? Again, nope. It teaches you to put your personal needs last, not first.
Maternity leave refocuses women on what they really want in life and that’s why they sometimes change careers afterwards? Yet again, no way! It’s just that it’s impossible to be successful at both motherhood and a demanding career, and some women get fed up with it and have to step back. It’s not maternity leave that “refocuses” women, it’s motherhood itself.
Yet another example of an entitled childless person thinking that childrearing is just a selfish hobby. You just don’t get it until you are actually responsible for the life of another human being.