I’ll address this in a future blog post. I’d love to hear what other people say about it.

I’m so happy to have been introduced to your blog. Thank you for writing about this. I’ve been meaning to post a video blog about moms and work, since I find its yet another contentious topic that comes up among other mothers. Often, I find that mothers who work say things to me like “I dont know how you do it,” (staying home with my son most of the time). And moms that don’t work often say things like “I’m so glad I get to spend this precious time with her/him.” Just seems to me like everyone’s trying to justify their position and there’s very little actual talk that goes on about what we, as mothers, WANT.

I have rarely encountered a woman with children who wants to work all the time or who doesn’t want to work at all. The vast majority tend to fit into the “longing for part-time, flexible work” category. And while this can be a challenge to find, I think it can be a beautiful way to spend the time we want with our children and also have some satisfaction in the external work-obsessed world. I wish there were more work opportunities out there for mothers of the flexible, part-time variety and am curious what you’ve found in your own journey with work and motherhood and talking with your readers. Does it seem that’s what most women want? And what kinds of work are women finding in the flexible, part-time realm?