{"id":56,"date":"2012-07-03T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wordynerdy\/2012\/07\/the-problem-with-having-it-all\/"},"modified":"2012-07-03T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T10:14:00","slug":"the-problem-with-having-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wordynerdy\/2012\/07\/the-problem-with-having-it-all\/","title":{"rendered":"The Problem with Having it All"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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This is the first of a series of reflections I\u2019m writing based on Ann Marie Slaughter\u2019s Atlantic Monthly story\u00a0Wh<\/a>y Women Still Can\u2019t Have It All<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n
When I was a kid, I read a Parade magazine interview with either Barbara Walters or Margaret Thatcher\u2014can\u2019t remember which one just that she was an older White woman with big hair\u2014who said something like, \u201cYou can either have a great marriage and a great relationship with your kids, or a great marriage and a great career, or a great career and a great relationship with your kids, but you can\u2019t have all 3.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Really?\u00a0 I thought.\u00a0 Bummer.<\/div>\n
Because even as a kid, I wanted it all\u2014marriage, family, career\u2014and it just seemed wrong that there was no way to be great in all 3 at the same time.<\/div>\n
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Dr. Ann\u00a0Marie Slaughter has purposefully re-ignited this debate in her Atlantic Monthly cover story\u00a0Wh<\/a>y Women Still Can\u2019t Have It All<\/a>, and she has succeeded.\u00a0 It\u2019s a long article, but worth reading.<\/div>\n
There have been a slew of thoughtful (and sometimes rabid responses) to her article, ones I especially appreciated include:<\/div>\n