Working Moms as Role Models: Part II - Role models for other women?

Intro to Part I:

A long while ago I wrote a post about the idea that working moms are role models for their children and about the judging that goes on between women including the battles being fought in the, so called, "mommy wars".  Well, I have some updates and some additional insight on the issue that I'd like to share.

Here is the second insight that I would like to share and it is about the fact that we may be role models for other women.

My kids attend an elite private school -- the kind that has a college-like application and charges college-like tuition to attend.  This is their third year at the school and the class sizes are very small.  Therefore, we have gotten to know the other parents pretty well, at least the parents of the kids in our kids' grades.  The mommy war is really raging at this school.  There are a group of moms like me, lawyers, doctors, busy real estate brokers etc.  And, there are a group of moms that stay home.  Most of the SAHMs are former professionals that left their careers to stay at home -- a choice that I really respect but that is ultimately not the choice for me.  Most, if not all, are pretty wealthy.  The judging that goes on between the two groups is fierce and the lack of respect that flows both ways is sometimes shocking.

Working Moms as Role Models: Part I -- Role models for our kids?

A long while ago I wrote a post about the idea that working moms are role models for their children and about the judging that goes on between women including the battles being fought in the, so called, "mommy wars".  Well, I have some updates and some additional insight on the issue that I'd like to share.

First, I was recently amazed at the fact that my 5 year old daughter is completely oblivious to gender roles.  I now think that this is partly due to the fact that I am a lawyer and have always worked full-time.  I now think that my decision to work is impacting the way that she looks at the world and that I am a role model -- at least a model for a woman that chooses to make similar choices.

Mommy Wars: A problem of the privileged - okay. Imaginary...nope.

There was an article in the Washington Post last week that boldly asserts that the "Mommy Wars" are a figment of our imagination, a creation of the media that always likes to showcase a good cat fight. The article is very well researched and propounds an interesting stance on the so-called conflict between working moms and stay at home moms ("SAHM").