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...Motherhood also prompted a shift in her priorities. "It changes the way you work. I used to just go into a studio and just stay there until the album was done. I could be completely selfish and immerse myself," she says. "[Being a mother] made me stronger as a person. To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend...
...were used to more programmed lives in the workplace, and they bring this to their home." Notes Peggy Orenstein, author of Flux, a book based on interviews with women across the country: "There's more pressure to be a perfect mother. Listening to women talk about their expectations of motherhood is like listening to teenage girls talk about weight. You can never be thin enough--and you can never be a good enough mother...
...women are opting to have children and raise them "on their own" [SOCIETY, Aug. 28]. Is this decision in the best interests of the child? Would any child choose such a situation over having a traditional mom and dad? Which is morally more fundamental: the woman's "right" to motherhood by any means necessary or the child's birthright to both a father and a mother? EDWARD P. WITMAN Toms River...
Several developments have helped boost the popularity of single motherhood. With better-paying jobs and greater career opportunities, more women can afford it. Advances in the technology of conception, such as in-vitro fertilization, have made it much more feasible, even in the later childbearing years. Meanwhile, adoption by single mothers has become a more accepted option...
...this is motherhood. You can't possibly be against it--a level playing field for you and the big shots. If the rule has the desired effect, you'll be invited to listen in on key conference calls and get e-mail when a company you've flagged files with regulators or issues a press release. As a side benefit, the rule promises to marginalize analysts living large solely on the access their position affords them. They may actually have to do some independent analysis...