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'Mommy wars' expert with Palin post-game
By mommy.trackd, on Thu Sep 4, 2008 9:24am PDTby Leslie Morgan Steiner (Two Cents on Working Motherhood: Mommy Track'd)
First day back to school. Three new grades: first, fourth and sixth. My kids and I celebrated by munching tortillas at our favorite Mexican cafe in the bright September sunshine. We dissected who had grown. Who had braces. Which teacher was most strict.
Then my cell phone rang. The caller offered a thrilling balance of opportunity and chaos: Could I be on a plane in two hours to attend the Republican National Convention and give a Today Show interview about the "mommy wars" stirred up by Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's nomination? Read More »
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Random Acts of Rudeness
By mommy.trackd, on Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:31am PDTby Leslie Morgan Steiner (Mommy Track'd columnist & author of Mommy Wars). Six years ago, as I was getting ready for my third maternity leave, one of my bosses in The Washington Post advertising department asked if my team could take on an intern. The girl was a senior at a prestigious all-girls... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (33) | Blog
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Is Motherhood Color Blind?
By mommy.trackd, on Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:29am PDTby Leslie Morgan Steiner (Mommy Track'd columnist & author of Mommy Wars). How often do white women consider ways that motherhood differs for black women in the United States? Watching Soledad O’Brien and CNN’s “The Black Woman and Family” made me consider this provocative question –... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (20) | Blog
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Parenting Big Business: Do We Really Need Toddler Couture & Wipe Warmers?
By mommy.trackd, on Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:38pm PDTPamela Paul’s new parenting tell-all, Parenting Inc., promises to answer How We are Sold on $800 Strollers, Fetal Education, Baby Sign Language, Sleeping Coaches, Toddler Couture, and Diaper Wipe Warmers – and What It Means for Our Children. The book makes for provocative, insightful reading.... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (0) | Blog
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Three kids and a career: The pregnancy test that broke the working mother's back
By mommy.trackd, on Wed Jul 2, 2008 8:59am PDTby Leslie Morgan Steiner.
A younger working mom I met at a recent conference told me she and her husband were contemplating having a third child. She looked like I remember looking when I had only two children – hair well coiffed, pink lipstick carefully applied on her actual lips, minimal bags under her eyes, a flat stomach. She looked so happy, dreaming of another baby. Then she asked me if it’s harder juggling work and family with three kids versus two. Like I always do when a woman asks me this question, I lied. “Three kids is great,” I said. “Your life is already total chaos, so how can a third make much difference?”
The truth is that, for me, having a third child wrenched my fingernails from the cliff I had been clinging to for five years, juggling two young children with full-time, demanding managerial work running the Washington Post Magazine. Read More »
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