{"id":120,"date":"2007-06-07T07:52:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-07T12:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlwpen.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2007-06-07T07:52:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-07T12:52:00","slug":"the-latest-in-opt-out-opting-back-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2007\/06\/07\/the-latest-in-opt-out-opting-back-in\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest in Opt Out: Opting Back In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_AjTpvPO_ddU\/Rmf3z_RQfqI\/AAAAAAAAAKY\/CZdSCynk-TU\/s1600-h\/515D0U3%2BOVL._AA240_.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_AjTpvPO_ddU\/Rmf3z_RQfqI\/AAAAAAAAAKY\/CZdSCynk-TU\/s200\/515D0U3%2BOVL._AA240_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Perhaps, finally, we&#8217;re beginning to see a reality check on the &#8220;opt out&#8221; mythology: witness the astute coverage of recent books and articles on mom professionals who opt back in.  Don&#8217;t miss Helaine Olen&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/babble.com\/content\/articles\/columns\/5minutetimeout\/007\/\">interview with Pamela Stone<\/a> (author of <span style=\"font-style:italic\">Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home<\/span>) on Babble.  And check out the excellent forum with Stone, Bennetts, and others in the current issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.more.com\/more\/?_requestid=30005&amp;_requestid=30005\">More<\/a>, and the accompanying article by Leslie Morgan Steiner titled, aptly, &#8220;Back in Business.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>Among the enticing stack of books currently on my desk is one called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backonthecareertrack.com\"><span style=\"font-style:italic\">Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work<\/span><\/a>, by Carol Fishman Cohen and Vivian Steir Rabin&#8211;two Harvard MBAs who sucessfully relaunched after staying home full-time with their kids.  And perhaps of greatest interest to Girl with Pen Terrified And Excited About The Concept of Motherhood is another one called <span style=\"font-style:italic\">Mothers on the Fast Track: How a New Generation Can Balance Family and Careers<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps, finally, we&#8217;re beginning to see a reality check on the &#8220;opt out&#8221; mythology: witness the astute coverage of recent books and articles on mom professionals who opt back in. Don&#8217;t miss Helaine Olen&#8217;s interview with Pamela Stone (author of Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home) on Babble. And check out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1901,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3109,21938],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-motherhood","tag-worklife"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}