tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post8551408823635197734..comments2024-03-26T08:06:19.661-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: Recent reading loribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-81238236318761175052014-10-20T23:52:07.123-04:002014-10-20T23:52:07.123-04:00I'm glad you commented on the Huff Post articl...I'm glad you commented on the Huff Post article "The Other Quiet Mom." It's a lovely article.<br /><br />And I've learned so much about L M Montgomery through you. Thanks for the education.<br /><br />Still thinking on the "infertility treatments are the new maternity leave" issue.<br /><br />I confess though to not being very sympathetic to the empty nesters. When I saw this title “The Empty Nest: A Mother’s Hidden Grief” I felt like saying "Oh boo hoo! You raised a child who is healthy and happy and has left home as they should, and now you're grieving? Do you really know what grief is?" <br /><br />I know I should have some sympathy - I can understand that life has changed, and that they will miss their child - but it is hard! A friend's mother used to cry every time she talked to her friend on the phone, and try to guilt her to coming home. It did nothing for their relationship, or for either of them in accepting their new lives. Fortunately not all parents are like this. A good friend - and devoted parent - turned her son's room into an office almost as soon as he was out the door.Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09836580783987031975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-5261195453852566692014-10-19T07:26:43.435-04:002014-10-19T07:26:43.435-04:00I work in the university system and there are lots...I work in the university system and there are lots of grants whose eligibility requirements are X years after phD, but X+1 if you have had a baby etc... and even though I know it would be impossible to regulate and it would involve admitting things that most of us choose never to admit to our work colleagues, I do find it frustrating that lost pregnancies and infertility treatments which, in all honesty, have a huge impact on work productivity, creativity and positivity, are not recognised as legitimate reasons to need just a bit of extra time to develop our careers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com