A Mother's Place: Choosing Work and Family Without Guilt or Blame

By Susan Chira

Book Overview

Mothers today are under siege. Society belittles mothers at home while telling mothers at work they are blighting their children's lives. Susan Chira, a veteran New York Times journalist, separates myth from reality, showing how the media, the courts, and politicians have conducted a backlash against working mothers that hurts all women. Here, she reviews the latest scientific research and shows, contrary to popular belief, that children of working mothers turn out just as well as those raised by stay-at-home mothers. But instead of telling mothers where their place should be, Chira wants to reframe this distorted debate and help mothers get where they want to be, whether at home or at work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060930241
• ISBN13: 9780060930240
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: PerfectBound
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Finally, theories and proof that we are okay as working moms

this book is a gem. a bit outdated but a true working mother's defense against the stereotypes that still exist around whether it's truly okay to leave your little one/s with someone else. and whether it's okay to pursue work AND family without messing up your kids. she goes head to head with the big child development gurus who haunt any well read mother - those that emphasize the VITAL importance of mommy time during most stages of kids growing up. she counters their theories with other ones that are empowering like - your kids see a great role model, your kids get high quality time when they're with you, your kids learn how to adjust to different care environments and learn how to handle life independently. i am now getting this book for my sister, career woman and devoted first time mom, who is tormented about her decision to go back to work as her baby turns 3 months. bottom line, this book says, in quantifiable and reassuring terms, that it's not only OKAY to balance work and children, it might actually be beneficial - for the child's development and for you. highly recommended.