The Secret Joy of Working Moms: Sarah Green Carmichael

If I say to you “working mom,” what image pops into your mind? A girlboss with a baby in a briefcase? An employee who can’t be fully committed to the job? A harried-looking woman who feels guilty all the time and can’t find 10 minutes to take a damn shower?

Judging by falling birthrates and declining intentions to have children, a growing share of educated women are evidently deciding that working motherhood is so unappealing they’ll just opt out of having kids. And as a working mom myself, I’m not going to say it’s always a rose garden. ...