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Most women today have very little time to find and peruse articles and materials on our gender's progress in the workforce. Who has time between meetings, conference calls, negotiations, presentations, financial planning, creating, writing, buying/selling, manufacturing, and volunteering? Where are we to find a minute amidst all the carpools, breakfasts, homework hassles and bedtime stories? This column will synthesize and analyze the voluminous data and findings on issues relating to working motherhood in an effort to ignite your curiosity and broaden your awareness of the Hot Topics that in some way affect us all. Denise Berger is the global leader of the Women’s International Network (WIN) at Aon Corporation, a networking group of professional women within the largest insurance brokerage firm in the world. Denise is also the "stay-at-work mom" correspondent on Castlerock's Mom's the Word radio talk show. She lives outside of Los Angeles with her husband and two children. |
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Got Women?
When I was a girl, I wanted to play like the boys: their childhood experience seemed to be emotionally unencumbered, with their primary focus being on strength in sports, skill at games, and hanging out with their buddies. Being a girl seemed more complicated: we would impose inconsistent standards on each other that shifted like the wind and often influenced by what our friends thought of us; some of us were taught relentless pursuit of aspirations at an early age, while others were raised in a traditional care-giving model. more
Give Good Green: Old School Style.
‘Tis the season, as they say, and this year’s hottest topic is GREEN. The planet is warming way too fast, so we’re being bombarded with ways to become environmentally responsible: get cloth shopping bags to replace plastic ones, install low-flushing toilets, build solar panels on our roofs, wear only clothing made of hemp, and get rid of those plastic water bottles and drink from the tap. Please don’t misunderstand. more
Work & Motherhood: Still Hazy After All These Years.
I've never liked the term "working mother." It says that I am some kind of sub-category; not a full member of the club. Maybe I'll feel better about it the day I hear someone called a "working father." more
Do Working Moms Blog?
It’s not news that working mothers have the least amount of available leisure time. Even executives can schedule their leisure time (with the cocktail hour doubling for business purposes). Rich people have assistants to help with household chores and errands. Most working women and I don’t have those luxuries. Something must give. It’s the blogging. more
Why Women Work - It's Not What You Would Think.
It’s true that our ideal American lifestyle - with all its luxury perks like big houses, yearly vacations, vehicles and the latest stuff– requires a two income family. But, do women work outside the home just to achieve that standard?
And Nanny Makes Three.
I often joke that I was raised in the bosom of Island Women. That’s because my parents divorced when I was very young. With my dad out of the house and money tight, my mom needed to work—and her job required a lot of travel, which meant she also needed help taking care of me and my sister. Until I was 10, we always had live-in help, a.k.a. “The Nanny.” more
Working Mom Issues On Grey's Anatomy.
Working Moms Are Writing Your Favorite TV Shows & It Shows.
On Having It All.
Celebrity Moms Are Working Moms Too.
Angelina Jolie just had Brad Pitt’s baby, making her a mother of three - Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, four-year-old Maddox and one-year-old Zahara. Will three under five be a crowd?
