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Why does the workplace in this country make it so difficult to be a good mother and a good worker? It's HARD here. It used to be more balanced, I think--but now it's "lean in" or go home. [/quote]

It is hard here- I'm not sure that it was previously easier or if it was just that women tended to work more traditional jobs like teaching, secretarial work, nursing, etc., which of course are not easy jobs at all but with teaching your physically-at-work schedule is similar to your kids' school schedule, etc.  Other countries have more friendly policies for families- not just moms, dads too- but I think in the U.S. the attitude is more 'if you want both a career and kids, it's your responsibility to figure out how to do it yourself, and don't complain.'  'It takes a village' is a lost concept, particularly if you don't have family nearby to help out.  It is what it is, but unfortunate in some ways.   At some point attitudes may change and "flexibility" will no longer become a dirty word, but it may take some sort of watershed moment over here.  [/quote]

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