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LETTERS, Page 6Slow Track for Mommies
Women have worked too hard to give in to the Mommy Track and
settle for lesser jobs (BUSINESS, March 27). The solution is not
corporate attempts to create flexible career paths but equal
distribution of parental duties. Women are ethusiastically
encouraged by husbands to pursue professional careers but are still
held responsible, by both husbands and employers, as the primary
care givers for children. I want to hear someone marvel, "He's the
CEO of one company, sits on the board of another and has a family.
I don't know how he does it all."
Lisa Akam
Madison, Conn.
You hit half the nails on the head. Fathers who do noncareer
things like drop the kids off at school and arrive home on time for
dinner often end up on a "Daddy Track." These men do not move as
far or as fast up the career ladder as their colleagues, but they
keep their marriage and home life in balance and intact.
Jon M. Jensen
Philadelphia
For almost every harried Mommy Track career woman, there is a
man on a different path. He weightlessly bounds up the corporate
ladder, free of doctor's appointments, teacher conferences and
midday calls from the school nurse or principal. I think women on
the Mommy Track have had their job expectations set for them by
men.
Lynnann Hitchens
Arlington, Va.