“I don't buy that overused line about a woman's job making her a better mother. The children need more time. Everything in our home needs more time.”

“I don't buy that overused line about a woman's job making her a better mother. The children need more time. Everything in our home needs more time.”

“When I'd tell my mother about these women around me - and how sometimes I felt that I didn't measure up - she'd chastise me for getting sucked into their nonsense. 'How do you expect to get where you want to go if you're rubbernecking at everyone else along the way? Don't focus on what you wrongly perceive as your shortcomings.”