Words from Juliet

While sitting up in the lobby for journalism students with some fellow journalism majors, I brought up my blog topic for this week. One of the girls, Juliet Eby quickly stated "I definitely want to be a career mom." So of course, I immediately asked her if she would be willing to be interviewed about her opinion for this blog.

Juliet said she wants to be a career mom, mainly because she wants to have a career. This statement might sound obvious, almost redundant, but when she expounded on it, it really made a lot of sense. She said she wants to continue developing her talents by actually using them. Basically what our hypothetical "Rene" (in my last post) wanted. She didn't want to waste the time and money it took her to learn how to be a journalist. Or more specifically, a copy writer for an advertising agency (which is her desire after graduation.)

Her next reason made me laugh a little. "I don't necessarily want my kids to be stuck with me all day." She quickly clarified that that didn't mean she didn't want to be with her kids. The advice "everything in moderation" would probably be a good comparison.

Instead, Juliet would prefer that her children would be able to go to a daycare where they could play with other children besides their siblings. "I think they'd have more opportunities to explore, use their imaginations, and learn team work with other kids at an early age," Juliet said. She added that they would also learn to respect an authority outside the home from a young age.

Of course there are other reasons that women want to continue their careers after becoming moms.