Author Archives: Samantha

I was honored to have Mom’s Homeroom fly out to Denver to interview me for a recent segment titled “The Balancing Act” (November 15, 2011). A collaboration between MSN and Frosted Mini-Wheats, Mom’s Homeroom is an online resource to help parents … Continue reading →

There is a fundamental shift in young women’s attitudes. The new direction for women is aimed at happiness and downshifting. The age of superwoman who wants to be the world’s best mother, wife and boss is dead.” Margi Conklin, editor … Continue reading →

This is a must-read article from the New York Times (8/4/2010): http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/business/economy/04leonhardt.html?_r=2&emc=eta1 “Women do almost as well as men today as long as they don’t have children.The data make this case. So does the disproportionate number of prominent women who … Continue reading →

I just read a blog that may have saved my life. For the past few weeks my husband and I have been discussing whether or not to get an au pair to help make our lives easier as I slowly … Continue reading →

After 40 years of fighting for equality, it seems that women are no happier. In fact, women in many countries have been growing steadily unhappier compared with men, according to a study published this month by the National Bureau of … Continue reading →

Has anybody read the article on “Faminist Theory” in the NY Observer last week? (http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/faminist-theory). The term, coined by Irina Aleksander, has created quite a buzz. Readers were not only confused by the intent of the article, and therefore by … Continue reading →

When I read last week that a former Goldman Sachs vice president– a woman– was suing the firm for firing her a week before she returned from maternity leave (NY Times, 3/24/2010), I felt like we had regressed back to … Continue reading →