What I’ve found and heard from other friends who also recently had kids was that it made us much more aware of the BS in the corporate world. It has made us reassess what actually matters. Having a kid has made it harder to a certain things within our career (such as travel) but even as some one who was affected my layoff in the US during mat-leave, I still believe it’s made me much more intuitive at my job and given me a different sense of confidence that has propelled my career forward in a different way.
Thank you for this deeper dive into a click-bait headline!
Great piece Jade, thank you. Love that you’re looking behind the curtain of the surface level comment and brining all the context into it. The whole ‘it ruined my career’ sentiment (which I can relate to) is about so much more - it’s about changing priorities and worldviews, having to make choices between one thing and another, the privileges we do or don’t have. Something that’s very hard to unpack in 3.5 minutes!
Agreed. It's hard to unpack for the last 4 years of parenthood. Headlines (though these are her words and fabulously honest words) like this are just so divisive and so doom and gloom with no real substance or solution. I would have loved for that question to be asked during the beginning when they were speaking of her childhood – I think she would have had a lot more to say of her own personal journey with motherhood.
Thank you for the nuisance discussing this headline. It was refreshing!
Glad you enjoyed my take.
What I’ve found and heard from other friends who also recently had kids was that it made us much more aware of the BS in the corporate world. It has made us reassess what actually matters. Having a kid has made it harder to a certain things within our career (such as travel) but even as some one who was affected my layoff in the US during mat-leave, I still believe it’s made me much more intuitive at my job and given me a different sense of confidence that has propelled my career forward in a different way.
Thank you for this deeper dive into a click-bait headline!
Great piece Jade, thank you. Love that you’re looking behind the curtain of the surface level comment and brining all the context into it. The whole ‘it ruined my career’ sentiment (which I can relate to) is about so much more - it’s about changing priorities and worldviews, having to make choices between one thing and another, the privileges we do or don’t have. Something that’s very hard to unpack in 3.5 minutes!
Agreed. It's hard to unpack for the last 4 years of parenthood. Headlines (though these are her words and fabulously honest words) like this are just so divisive and so doom and gloom with no real substance or solution. I would have loved for that question to be asked during the beginning when they were speaking of her childhood – I think she would have had a lot more to say of her own personal journey with motherhood.
Great article x
So kind. Thank you for reading Elle x