Joan K Peters - When Mothers Work - This is a book for every working woman who has been caught in the guilt and conflict raised by the struggle to balance family and work.
Joan K. Peters
"A smart, tough-minded approach to the balancing act of working women: satisfying their children and themselves"
-The New York Times
"Irresistible...Even if our generation didn't have a book like this to help us, I'm glad my daughter's generation will."
--Elaine Showalter author of Hystories, Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Culture
"Joan K. Peters effectively dismantles the stubborn myth that unless mothers are willing to be martyrs, unless fathers are the only breadwinners, children will suffer and families are doomed. This thoroughly researched book offers intelligence and inspiration for pioneering parents in today's altered landscape. And just in time--When Mothers Work, is the perfect antidote for fears raised when the family values debaters ask, 'What's next?'"
--Mary Kay Blakely, author of American Mom
"Joan Peters challenges the idea that to be a good mother a woman has to give up her true self. This welcome, provocative book should be read by mothers, fathers, and anyone who is considering parenthood."
--Peggy Orenstein, author of SchoolGirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem
"This is an outstanding book. It challenges well-worn myths while offering concrete advice. At a time of so much controversy around working mothers. Ms. Peters provides a reassuring hand. I recommend When Mothers Work to everyone in need."
--Dr. Ron Taffel, author of Parenting by Heart
"Joan Peters offers a vivid and trenchant critique of the everlasting norms of motherhood, while also demonstrating convincingly the cost to both families and children of this enlarged job description. This is a book for every woman who has been caught in the guilt a conflict raised by the struggle to balance family and work. It offers not just the comfort of the author's compassionate and understanding voice, but presents portraits of real families whose alternative definitions of the 'good mother' is enabling them to raise happy, healthy children without the high levels of stress that dominate much of our working mother literature."
--Lillian B. Rubin, author of The Transcendent Child
"The traditional--and regressive--image of the mother as self-sacrificing angel has forced many of the best and brightest to make a drastic choice: between being a person and being a mother. Joan Peters' courageous, moving, and sane book helps all of us to transcend that conflict."
--Judith Thurman, author of Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller
"It's about time a book about working mothers gave sufficient attention to the role of fathers. When Mothers Work not only addresses a myriad of women's concerns, it also puts the proverbial ball back in the men's court. Her analysis is great, her descriptions inviting, and her arguments persuasive."
--Scott Coltrane, author of Family Man
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Chapter One: When Mothers Work
Where to buy the book
A conversation with Joan Peters and "Solving the Work/Family Crisis"
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