The age old question...can moms have it all - career and family. The Mom Project thinks they've found a way by pairing skilled, professional moms with companies for short-term, part-time, remote projects. Several things frustrate me about this. 1) The question never has been and never will be "Can dads have it all?" 2) Apparently for a mom to have it all, it means doing it all simultaneously. If this article were written for working dads, I doubt they'd have him holding and feeding the baby while ostensibly reviewing a document. 3) Part-time, short-term, and remote options still remove women from the workplace and make them more likely to fall behind and be overlooked for opportunities. 4) The message of this and other "solutions" still puts the burden on moms to make it work rather than recognizing that there are ways that partners and organizations can contribute to the solution. Truly making the workplace work for moms is going to require 1) expecting dads/partners to play a more active parenting role in dual-career couples, 2) companies making accommodations to allow dads/partners to contribute to child and home care more, 3) and organizations offering child care on-site, nursing lounges, and other services that will remove obstacles to women returning to work after having children. These would be a good start at least.
