Comments on: Taking good care of a family is relative http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/07/taking-good-care-of-a-family-is-relative/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:08:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: lm http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/07/taking-good-care-of-a-family-is-relative/#comment-170490 lm Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:15:43 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/07/taking-good-care-of-a-family-is-relative/#comment-170490 Please revisit this Penelope. Also, I am tired of "best companies for working mothers" lists and faux feminist supervisors. What really matters is if one's supervisor respects working moms in general. I have confirmed that mine, a former long-time friend, does not. The discussion does need to get more honest. Please revisit this Penelope. Also, I am tired of "best companies for working mothers" lists and faux feminist supervisors.

What really matters is if one's supervisor respects working moms in general. I have confirmed that mine, a former long-time friend, does not.

The discussion does need to get more honest.

]]> By: Prashant http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/07/taking-good-care-of-a-family-is-relative/#comment-32405 Prashant Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:02:08 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/07/taking-good-care-of-a-family-is-relative/#comment-32405 Don't mean to be nitpicking, but in the last but one para, "appauled" should have been "appalled".. Good article, though. I am in India, but even here, I do notice more people of my generation (X&Y cusp) looking for better personal life at the expense of not racing up the corporate ladder. Don't mean to be nitpicking, but in the last but one para, "appauled" should have been "appalled"..

Good article, though. I am in India, but even here, I do notice more people of my generation (X&Y cusp) looking for better personal life at the expense of not racing up the corporate ladder.

]]> By: Penelope Trunk http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/07/taking-good-care-of-a-family-is-relative/#comment-996 Penelope Trunk Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:00:25 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/07/taking-good-care-of-a-family-is-relative/#comment-996 Wendy, I think what you're saying is: "Let's not toss in the towel." And believe me, I'm not. I with you. I mean, I'm sticking with my career. I just think that the discussion needs to get a lot more honest. Wendy, I think what you're saying is: "Let's not toss in the towel." And believe me, I'm not. I with you. I mean, I'm sticking with my career. I just think that the discussion needs to get a lot more honest.

]]> By: Wendy http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/09/07/taking-good-care-of-a-family-is-relative/#comment-995 Wendy Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:21:47 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/09/07/taking-good-care-of-a-family-is-relative/#comment-995 Your final paragraph is rather depressing (or was it the natural lead in to the following topic ;-). But there are bloggers who do very well financially (maybe not the vaccine tester, but others); and there are women past and present who have balanced work and family (maybe not perfectly, but in such a way that it has worked / does work) Perhaps you need to interview the grown up kids of women who worked. At the time they might have had some complaints, but in hindsight do they still resent a working mom? Growing up I envied many my friends whose mothers worked because they seemed to spend much more quality time with their mothers and had a much better relationship with them -- there was more respect for each others space, and appreciate of each others needs. In their teens my friends did many more household chores than I did, but never complained. In fact, they often seemed to talk positively of "their night to cook dinner for the family" or "my turn to clean the bathroom." I think it was part of becoming a "grown up", which we were all so eager to do in our teens. My $0.02 Your final paragraph is rather depressing (or was it the natural lead in to the following topic ;-). But there are bloggers who do very well financially (maybe not the vaccine tester, but others); and there are women past and present who have balanced work and family (maybe not perfectly, but in such a way that it has worked / does work)

Perhaps you need to interview the grown up kids of women who worked. At the time they might have had some complaints, but in hindsight do they still resent a working mom?

Growing up I envied many my friends whose mothers worked because they seemed to spend much more quality time with their mothers and had a much better relationship with them — there was more respect for each others space, and appreciate of each others needs.

In their teens my friends did many more household chores than I did, but never complained. In fact, they often seemed to talk positively of "their night to cook dinner for the family" or "my turn to clean the bathroom." I think it was part of becoming a "grown up", which we were all so eager to do in our teens.

My $0.02

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