Here is an interesting article I found online while trolling around looking for other answers. As a woman I find it kind of depressing. I had heard about these experiments before. They involve showing participants a picture of a man and a woman with the same facial expression and asking the viewer to explain their [...]
Entries Tagged as 'HAVE A BABY, KEEP YOUR CAREER'
How We Perceive Male and Female Emotions – Sharon Begley – Newsweek.com
April 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments
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I really regret having children
July 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment
A friend of mine sent me a link to an article from the Globe and Mail: ‘I really regret it. I really regret having children‘
I thought saying such things was still taboo but Corinne Maier is refreshingly honest.
While doing our research for the Baby Cliff, we learned several Western countries are offering incentives for women [...]
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globeandmail.com: Does having children make us happy?
May 14th, 2009 · Comments Off
globeandmail.com: Does having children make us happy?.
One more time the Baby Cliff is in the news…
LEAH McLAREN
From Saturday’s Globe and Mail
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May 9, 2009 at 8:13 AM EDT
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This year, my mother wants only one thing for Mother’s Day: a baby.
“Grandchildren are God’s reward for not killing your own kids,” [...]
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Prince Charles School of Mothering, By Smita
April 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off
One of my favourite authors, Marian Keyes, described motherhood in a way that had me asking where do I sign up? She joked about the arrangement with her husband. Accepting the fact that she would have to be the one to carry the baby, she planned to return to her writing career right away, while [...]
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I’m completely fulfilled by my career! By Smita
April 16th, 2009 · Comments Off
Uh-oh… her kids look just like mine!
Cliff Notes for the Stay at Home Dad
April 12th, 2009 · Comments Off
Cliff Notes for the Stay at Home Dad.
Stay at home Dads are sexy. I found this blog by a stay at home dad. I think he’s into music and he works out at the gym to stay hot, opps… I mean to keep up with his tot. Could this be the new 1950’s house wife? [...]
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Having kids costly for educated moms
March 26th, 2009 · Comments Off
Once again the baby cliff is in the news
CARLY WEEKS
From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail
March 25, 2009 at 6:14 AM EDT
Highly educated women face a much more severe loss of earning power when they have children compared to mothers with less education, says a report published yesterday by Statistics Canada.
The findings help shed light on the [...]
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Mothers in the Directing Chair– By Dominique
February 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments
I just participated in Women in the Director’s Chair, a residency run by Creative Women Workshops Association, ACTRA and The Banff Centre. Basically 7 mid-career women Directors from across Canada and one Director from New Zealand were selected to participate in an intensive directing workshop at The Banff Centre. Think Project Runway only for women [...]
Blame it on your mother-By Dominique
January 27th, 2009 · 6 Comments
“You know things were different back then….women didn’t have any choices”
Yes you guessed it, it’s the sound of my grandmother and it’s actually also the sound of my mother. The way my mother tells the story it seems that she was walking down the road one day, she tripped over a rock and oops she [...]
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