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[quote=Anonymous]I'm taking it "relatively" easy with my young kids -- telecommuting almost full time and "only" working 8-hr days. The lack of face time in particular has stalled my career hugely.

The worst people I work with are the women who are in sr leadership positions -- they almost inevitably haven't had kids and never will, or they did but didn't take any time off and don't see their kids, and they think if you want to succeed, you have to be the same as them.

Once my kids are older, I'll probably recommit myself to a larger work burden, and I'm sure as hell going to look for and promote moms who are returning to work and push for better leave and benefits for the next generation of moms. Fuck America and this attitude that we shouldn't have time with our children OR that we have to choose a career only and are punished for wanting to have time with our babies and then return to work later (like at a year, like Canada). I'm going to do my part to change it when I'm an upper-40s/50s professional and no longer have skin in the game, because it's the right thing to do, goddamn it. 
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