Torn between Kids and Careers as posted on Women's Post

Women's Post, a national online Canadian women's magazine, published my piece about being "Torn between Kids and Careers" which includes a short except from TORN: True Stories about Kids, Careers & the Conflict of Modern Motherhood. Tonight at 6:30pm, I go on CKNW radio (AM 980 in Vancouver) for an interview with Simi Sara around the same topic.

TORN is receiving a great deal of media coverage in the first week of its release thanks to the amazing work of the editor, Samantha Parent Walravens and various contributors doing what they can. It's very exciting to see the buzz happening because its resulting in more moms engaging in the conversation around the conflict of modern motherhood and sharing their own stories.

As Samantha writes about the stories in her book, "Their voices take part in an emerging mothers' movement that is calling for better options for integrating work and family; greater respect for the social and economic value of mothers' work, paid or unpaid, and public policies that respond to the needs of working mothers and dual-earner couples. Their stories give us hope that, not too long from now, the notion of women feeling "torn" between family and career will be a memory of the past."

It's fulfilling to know that, while I am up til midnight every night working on ways to promote this book locally, it's time well spent. The more moms talking about this issue, the more change that is possible.

Check out more info on TORN at Samantha Parent Walravens website or find out info about the Vancouver book launch.