There was an article in the WSJ about a year ago about the difficulties of returning to work after having children. One example of a program that may work (and that I liked) was one at a consulting co that allowed a parent up to 5 years off but allowed them to keep in touch and to provide continual training. The idea being that the return to the work force would be easier becuase they women would be less out of touch.
Here's a hopeful spin on the New York Times article: that parenting is seen as valuable enough socially that young, bright talented women want to do it. Once it's socially valuable enough, it may be less difficult for men to do the same. Still, if you really want to combat gender roles give your little boys baby dolls to play with. Still, it's hard to tease out the biological from the cultural, but there's evidence that parenting skills are learned to a large degree, even among monkeys and apes.
I still have hope that workplaces will become more flexible about allow people time to parent and have careers, but that will be hard as long as healthcare is tied to full-time employment. I can't shake the daydream though of someday having my own company with on-site daycare for my own kids and my employees.
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Here's a hopeful spin on the New York Times article: that parenting is seen as valuable enough socially that young, bright talented women want to do it. Once it's socially valuable enough, it may be less difficult for men to do the same. Still, if you really want to combat gender roles give your little boys baby dolls to play with. Still, it's hard to tease out the biological from the cultural, but there's evidence that parenting skills are learned to a large degree, even among monkeys and apes.
I still have hope that workplaces will become more flexible about allow people time to parent and have careers, but that will be hard as long as healthcare is tied to full-time employment. I can't shake the daydream though of someday having my own company with on-site daycare for my own kids and my employees.