#identity and motherhood

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Current Events Motherhood

From Full-Time Corporate Lawyer to Full-Time Mom

June 15, 2011

When my friend Laura left her high-powered law career to stay home, she lost the identity she'd spent years building — and discovered a richer, more expansive definition of herself.

Current Events Motherhood

Work, Guilt, and Feeling Like a 'Real Mom'

June 13, 2011

A full-time teacher and mother of two reflects on the guilt that shadows every school event she misses — and how volunteering in her sons' classrooms is the only time she feels like a real mom.