Managing both a career and being a mother and caregiver is more than demanding. Balancing a job and balancing a family is challenging. The added stress, and physical demands each day wears on a body in the long run and can aid in the cause of many diseases like heart conditions, cancer, hyper tension, inflammation in the body and many more. Women need more flex time, better child care options, benefits for part time work, more paid sick days and family leave without jeopardizing their positions at work if they take time off, and they need better health care coverage that covers more tests on yearly health exams for disease prevention.

The comments to be a "stay at home mom and not work" really urks me because in actuality women who do stay at home work. Being a caregiver is hard work. Many women work separate shifts from their husbands so they can care for children, elderly parents, grandparents, and do household chores during the day and also work in the afternoon and evening. Women are needed more now to help with financial matters in the home to make ends meet. Most women even set up and maintain the family budget so in actuality they are also the family accountants.

The majority of U.S. mothers simply cannot afford to exit paid work because it would devastate their families financially. Additionally, upper and middle income women often are pushed out of their jobs by inflexible work environments that penalize workers who have family responsibilities, not because they blissfully choose to leave. Low income women are expected to work no matter what the circumstances are.

Mothers who do flee the workplace often do so out of frustration. As rewarding as motherhood can be, most women would prefer not to give up their careers entirely. The lack of flexibility at work, childcare issues and societal pressures are what make some women get off the fast-track. Meanwhile, the struggle persists for women who simply can't take the choice to not work because they rely on their jobs for a steady paycheck and health insurance.