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[quote=Anonymous]Dean Ornish was quoted in a NYT article on Steve Jobs: “I once asked him if he was glad that he had kids, and he said, ‘It’s 10,000 times better than anything I’ve ever done.’ ”  That really surprised me because I have always considered the exercise of genius and raising children as mostly incompatible.  In the same article Jobs is said to have cooperated with his biographer, despite his famous penchant for privacy, for his kids. “I wanted my kids to know me,” Mr. Jobs replied, Mr. Isaacson wrote. “I wasn’t always there for them, and I wanted them to know why and to understand what I did.”

I am fascinated by that apparent contradiction -- kids are the best experience ever but I won't be the one to raise them -- and its implications for ambitious women.  Mrs.  Jobs is an accomplished professional but she clearly was expected to handle the lion's share of parenting.  Why do we continue to make these choices despite living in an era of unprecedented freedom for women?  If we keep making them how will we ever produce a female Steve Jobs?  As a SAHM I am not criticizing the Jobs family but wish to start a constructive discussion.[/quote]

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