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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.8743
EAN: 9781580051293
ISBN: 1580051294
Label: Seal Press
Manufacturer: Seal Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: March 10, 2005
Publisher: Seal Press
Sales Rank: 179514
Studio: Seal Press
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The media, from Dr. Phil to the New York Times Magazine, is adamant that there is no love lost between working parents and those who stay home with their children, each fighting an ideological and economic war based on what they think is best for their children. Yet in reality, as Miriam Peskowitz powerfully discloses, parents don't want to fight one another at all; they simply want more options. Moreover, the very sides in this debate don't exist: one third of all mothers work part-time, falling into the vast abyss between full-time careerist and at-home mommy. How does the corporate climate in America force women to claim either a career or a family at any given time? Are the choices women are making—to either adjust careers, 'carousel' in and out of the workplace, or quit altogether—really choices at all? And how do we expand the definition of productive worker to include an engaged parent? These questions and more are answered and explored in this moving and convincing treatise on the new-century collision between work and mothering.
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Rating:  - Somewhat interesting
This book is somewhat thought provoking, but quickly redundant. The theory that working moms and stay at home moms are at war felt artificial and the resources used to support that this war is going on seemed either unbelievable to me or that I must be missing something. In real life, while there is guilt and mixed feelings about being one or the other, I don't see this as a huge struggle for women. We don't have time to be at war with each other, being a mother is hard and we are all trying ... Read More
Rating:  - Slow start, but glad I kept reading
I almost abandoned this book at the start because I found it boring. It read more like a college paper. But, I kept reading and the book got a lot better.
This book is an unbiased look at mothers across the board: stay-at-home or working (any amount of hours). The author does not take sides and even questions if they whole "Mommy Wars" phenomenon is media created. She says that at the park what she sees are working and stay-at-home moms chatting and enjoying each others' company.
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Rating: - Mommy Dearest.....
On a beautiful early evening at a beach I saw 2,3, and 4 years olds playing a baby world cup game. I was delighted to see such youngsters so engaged in a sport like mini-adults. However, children are not mini-adults. They are fragile kids in need of 100% supervision and dedication. In fact, I was amazed at how into the sport these little tykes were ... focused and aware ... it was a joy to watch. Now for the scary part ... some of the soccer parents were my age and (ghast) younger, like barely into ... Read More
Rating: - An impressive book.
The author offers an enlightening and readable mix of solid academic research, personal experience, and feminist manifesto. She rejects the Mommy Wars as a media invention designed to sell insecure mothers more stuff, and suggests that our society needs to make changes that reflect a real commitment to the work of parenting: offer more high-quality part-time work, more gender parity in childrearing, and more awareness that the "choices" parents make are limited by economic and social pressures. An ... Read More
Rating: - Well-researched look at women's place in the workforce
In this book, Peskowitz examines the supposed war between working moms and sat-at-home moms and concludes that it's a war perpetuated by the media rather than an actual one. She then explores the nature of work in America and argues that most moms lack real choice in their working decisions.
She provides examples of stay-at-home moms who would like to work part-time but cannot find work worth their time. She shares the stories of other moms who want to stay home with their kids but simply ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 306.8743
EAN: 9781580051293
ISBN: 1580051294
Label: Seal Press
Manufacturer: Seal Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: March 10, 2005
Publisher: Seal Press
Sales Rank: 179514
Studio: Seal Press