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Why are More Career Women Staying Home?

Why are more women staying home to raise their babies, even when the decision puts their families in financial straits? The low quality of most day care, the exorbitant expense of good day care, and the desire to nurture their babies are just a few of the many reasons. Women are finally recognizing the myths of working motherhood, says author and mother Suzanne Venker. Feminists tried to sell the lie that women can balance career and motherhood. The truth is, they can't.

Access Wall Street Journal article here.

Is there a marriage conspiracy?

Kristin Armstrong, cyclist Lance Armstrong's ex-wife, warns young brides that they will lose themselves in their marriages if they aren't careful. It's a marriage conspiracy, Armstrong insists. Suzanne Venker isn't buying it:

I agree with Armstrong that there’s something terribly wrong with our marriage culture. There is a conspiracy of sorts — but it’s not the one Armstrong suggests. She is certainly right that people don’t know what to expect when they marry. And society does encourage newly engaged women to focus on their wedding day and honeymoon rather than on marriage itself. Where Armstrong’s article falls short, however, is in how she defines the conspiracy.

Read the article at National Review Online.

Beware the career woman

An article on Forbes.com about the perils of marrying career women caused a firestorm last week. Though the author, Michael Noer, cites authoritative evidence that dual-income marriages are more volatile, he has been condemned as backward, chauvinistic, and "downright frightening." But Suzanne Venker, a mother and author, knows that he has a point we can't ignore. In her book, 7 Myths of Working Mothers, Venker argues that a lot is lost when women focus on their careers.

Read the Forbes.com article here.

Working moms DON'T want it all

Nineteen minutes a day. That's how much time a working mother spends with her child, reports the Daily Mail. It's no surprise, then, that mothers want out of their day jobs. Half of the women polled in a recent survey confessed they would rather "be a mom" then work full-time. So much for having it all, says Suzanne Venker.

Read the Daily Mail article.

Sticking It to the Mom at Home

Suzanne Venker on how the Today Show handles a slow news day:

The producers of the Today Show clearly felt Teri Hekker's story would validate working mothers. Unfortunately for them, that's not what happened.

It's interesting that that Teri Hekker—who has no real news to report and no new advice to offer women—has no problem getting an interview on national television. But there's no bias there, no. None at all. Perish the thought.

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