New York TImes: In Her Words
Ideal, Perfect, Ultimate: What Drives Parents to Seek the Unattainable?
Working parents toggle constantly among competing commitments, but many don’t want to do less; they want to do it all, better.
“The idea of doing less is just not coded into high-achieving people’s sense of self.”
— Melissa Mazmanian, an associate professor of informatics and organization and management at the University of California, Irvine