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No, not a discussion of how to become an EconomistMom like me, but rather, the Economist magazine鈥檚 take on the 鈥淢ommy Track鈥� and the 鈥渞eal reason why more women 诲辞苍鈥檛 rise to the top of companies.鈥澛� I agree with this reasoning (especially where I have added emphasis):

But I 诲辞苍鈥檛 like how the Economist insinuates it鈥檚 up to the new Yahoo CEO to prove that working moms really can rise to the top, this way:

I think it鈥檚 all too easy to claim before the baby comes that you will be just as committed to your professional job, time-wise as well as attention-wise, once the baby arrives.聽 And in my own experience, going back to work full time soon after the baby is born is far easier than staying at work full time after the baby has turned into a teenager with needs that can鈥檛 really be properly met by anyone other than their actual parent.聽 Mothers have an obvious comparative (biological) advantage to fathers in caring for our newborn kids, but I think mothers keep the comparative advantage in terms of the 鈥渢ug鈥� we feel toward home over office (i.e., where we feel we make the biggest difference) throughout our kids鈥� childhoods.