Even the best parental leave policies can feel complicated. But what if companies provided an advocate for you during your time away from work?
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I felt the way about changing my name the way some people feel about having kids: I didn’t feel too strongly about keeping or changing my name, and hadn’t yet decided what I wanted. To be honest, by the time I was 30 and in a partnership, changing my name felt like a lot of work, especially in a digital age with internet footprints. People already knew me. But then the question of kids came up, and we agreed we didn’t want hyphens. And we wanted to share the same last name. “I want to take your last name,” he said. I’ll admit one of my first thoughts was: “Are you sure?”
How do we give up our quest for control? Sara Mauskopf walks us through the unexpected curveballs of new motherhood, fulfilling work and family health.
There are women who pursue entrepreneurship because they have a creative vision. And then there are women who pursue entrepreneurship because they have to.