Word: motherhood
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...This is the second part of a two-part series. For Part One, see "When Motherhood Gets You Jail Time...
...performing its own cuts. Of “Anna Karenina”: “The problem is, thought Anna—her aristocratic brow furrowing slightly under a fabulous new hat—men look so irresistible in uniform! Ditto boots, billowing shirts and moustaches! Hang marriage. Hang motherhood. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a train to catch.” An entire classic in only 42 words! But why stop there? One could follow in the path of Foxtrot’s Peter, who uses the “Cliff?...
...been a longtime aficionado. I was an early adopter. That's part of who I am too." Sure enough, Katz comes off as the nicest whiz at business school or the smartest, chicest mom at the bake sale. She is chatty about the trials of balancing career and motherhood ("Sometimes the balls are going to fall down") and asks a couple browsing through scarves if they need assistance. "We're very proud to serve this affluent customer. With that comes the need to be very approachable to people. That's my style, anyway," she confides...
...When I was a teenager, a psychic told me, 'Your biggest challenge will be life-work balance'. That's certainly turned out to be true!" laughs 42-year-old Internet entrepreneur Natalie Massenet, who juggles motherhood with helming Net-a-porter.com the multibrand e-tailer that ships fashion's must-haves to 150 countries...
...hyperinvolved parent of two, I realize there are worse phenomena than people spending a lot of time with their kids. But it's also exhausting, and pop culture has started asking if kid life has overwhelmed adult life. In the book Perfect Madness, Judith Warner worries that a "total motherhood" culture makes moms feel inadequate, while in The Death of the Grown-Up, Diana West argues (hyperbolically) that the eroding distinction between kids and adults is "bringing down Western civilization...