Mommy Needs a Raise (Because Quitting's Not an Option)

by Sarah Parshall Perry

Overview

Goodbye, Board Room and Legal Briefs--Hello, Dimples, Diapers, and Destruction

Women know that raising children will be different from climbing the corporate ladder. But nothing can truly prepare them for the mind-muddling world of motherhood. It doesn't take long for a new mom to question whether her tyrannical, diapered boss really understands her value to the organization. Because honestly? She's not always sure herself.

With her signature wit, lawyer-turned-full-time-mommy Sarah Parshall Perry says what all new moms are thinking when they trade annual reports for homework help and yoga pants. Perry invites moms to laugh alongside her amidst the "Are you kidding me?!" moments that come with the job of raising humans. This book is story of every mother who gives up one thing to get something better--and ends up finding out what she's worth along the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800724115
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/05/2016
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Sarah Parshall Perry (JD, University of Virginia School of Law) is a wife and mother of three. She is the author of Sand in My Sandwich, coauthor of When the Fairy Dust Settles, contributing writer to The Horse of My Heart, and writer of many articles, op-eds, and award-winning stories. Sarah currently writes for www.chosenfamilies.org and www.specialneedsparenting.net. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Learn more at www.sarahperrywrites.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9

Prelude 11

1 Meet the Donners 13

2 A Job Is a Job 21

Free Range

3 Look What I Can Do 31

4 Buck Rogers 39

5 Res Ipsa … What'd You Say? 51

6 Madison Avenue Madness 61

7 The Teacher Is In 69

Do These Children Come with Dental?

8 The Weirdos Next Door 79

9 Play Nice 97

10 The Art of War 123

11 Survival Instinct 145

12 I Feel Bad about My Brain (And I'm Not Crazy about My Body, Either) 173

13 Other People('s Children) 191

Geography

14 The Continental Divide 209

15 The River of Stars 229

16 Time Travel 235

Notes 245