Reinventing Ourselves after Motherhood: How Former Career Women Refocus Their Personal and Professional Lives after the Birth of a Child

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A lawyer who works from home and a mother to four children, Susan Lewis exposes the changing world of at-home moms, increasingly populated by former fast-track professionals who, contrary to the rumors circulating back at the office, have not disappeared into reruns of the 1950s television sitcoms. With humor and insight, Lewis explores the difficult adjustments women make after deciding to be at-home mothers, which can alter everything from a woman's self-image to relationships...
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A lawyer who works from home and a mother to four children, Susan Lewis exposes the changing world of at-home moms, increasingly populated by former fast-track professionals who, contrary to the rumors circulating back at the office, have not disappeared into reruns of the 1950s television sitcoms. With humor and insight, Lewis explores the difficult adjustments women make after deciding to be at-home mothers, which can alter everything from a woman's self-image to relationships with spouse, children, and friends.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780809229062
  • Publisher: NTC Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 4/1/1999
  • Pages: 253
  • Product dimensions: 6.22 (w) x 9.20 (h) x 0.96 (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Pt. 1 Getting off the Track 1
Ch. 1 "Well, I Just Can't Wait to Be King": Great Expectations of a Generation Raised on Post-Feminine Mystique Feminism 3
Ch. 2 Courtrooms, Boardrooms, Operating Rooms: Work and the Jobs We Held 17
Ch. 3 "No, No, We Won't Go!": Motherhood and the Choice - How Did We End Up Home Again? 35
Pt. 2 Strangers in an Even Stranger Land: Metamorphin Time: A Dream After Reading Kafka 67
Ch. 4 Fear of Frying (and Baking and Broiling): Altered Activities and Practical Problems 71
Ch. 5 "So What Do You Do?": Social Traumas, Introductions, and Identity 87
Ch. 6 Altered Roles, Altered Marriages: Who Empties the Dishwasher and Other Hurdles: His Money, Your Kids 101
Ch. 7 Desperately Seeking Soul Mates: Caught Between the Lines in the Mommy Wars 127
Ch. 8 Relating to the Kids: Hovering Neurotic or Positive Role Model? 143
Ch. 9 Invisible Accessibility: Parenting Teenagers: Contradictions and Confusion 169
Pt. 3 Striking A Balance and Coming to Terms 179
Ch. 10 Volunteering: Hidden Needs, Hidden Payoffs 181
Ch. 11 Career Moves: Old and New Careers, Working at Home 193
Ch. 12 On Overload: Safety Valves and Finding Time for Yourself 211
Ch. 13 Great Expectations Revisited: So, Are We Happy Now? 221
Notes 237
Index 243
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