Lauren Wilde

There’s a difference. For 7 years we’ve been championing an updated narrative about the modern “stay-at-home mom” to move past the caricatures from generations ago. Modern women on career pauses or downshifts to make room for the complicated, immense work of family life today have accrued more education and more work experience before motherhood, we have equitable relationships with partners with this generation of dads spending 3x the amount of time with children, we have access to digital landscape for flex work, education and ongoing growth and connection. And it’s imperative we update the perception so women choosing to pause or downshift aren’t counted out as giving up on ambition or expected to meet an ideology of doing it all on their own in the home. But lastly, we are finally at a moment where we are reexamining work and family and embracing a more nuanced fluid view that stands to unite women. Let’s not go backward and equate a decision to pause or shift for unique family needs with defending tradition. That’s what divided us generations ago and we have so much to gain by staying together.

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Two parts of the rebrand of the stay-at-home parent: 1. It’s immense valuable work 2. We’re still growing and learning. Why? So we get the support and respect needed during chapters of caregiving and the time away from the traditional workforce is respected and supported in our transition back to the paid workforce.

It’s #pregnancyandinfantlossremembranceday and here’s a reminder of what to say instead of some of the platitudes and silver lining statements we so often hear. Dont forget tonight at 7 pm your local time is the #globalwaveoflight —-so for my Europe friends that’s in only a few hours. Light a 🕯️ and let it burn for an hour so we can collectively create a global wave of light to honor the babies who have died. Who will you be honoring? Say their name below. I’ll go first.