Women in Business

There is little doubt that Obama has charisma on his side; Bill Clinton did also in 1992 which barely yielded him the election, but he was Governor 5 x first. In any business, inspiration is critical to action. Hillary has a paid for building full of furniture with few employees. Obama has leased a building with no furniture but many employees, and expects to build his business on taxpayer dollars. Who has the better prospects: Amazon or MA and Pop's store? Inspiration is great but doesn't pay the bills.

Guess Hillary thought that highly educated women in business would be aware of the bottle necks that no women in Government creates. It's too bad she wasn't more careful in her communications with executive women to explain what a woman in the White House could do for them, in reducing those bottlenecks. Or perhaps, Executive has tunnel vision, and are insufficiently aware of the problems of women being elected in legislatures across the country through which their employers arrange to get those tax credits and subsidies in order to hire them. Streamlined communications would definitely prove to be advantageous to women in understanding that decisions are often timely and subject to a variety of strategic and tactical political pressures that must be managed within the context of organizational behavior. Perhaps Executive Women give up on Hillary too easily, interpreting lack of decision making as lack of commitment.

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Can childhood obesity be connected with working moms? I doubt it. I think the reasons are more similar to the sources of increase in adult obesity. Yes it's a different world but ask our parents and grandparents and you will hear the same refrain. We make decisions and have the ability to model good behavior every day. I am self employed and can be working from home, at a client for a few hours, facilitate an all day session or occasionally travel. It's not hard to find healthy food that can be prepared quickly. Last night my younger child had turkey meatballs with tomato sauce that I microwaved and a salad I poured out of a bag. And yes he ate this on the way to swim team practice after homework and playing with a friend. Perfect, far from it. Do we try to sit down for the recommended family dinners? Yes when all the stars are aligned. My kids get instructions on the healthy choices when I am not around and I make sure they have milk or fruit with their cookies when I am. Do I lapse? Certainly, try 5 hours of airport delays and french fries and hot dogs were the dinner of choice over the salad I know I should have eaten. And the boys love pizza if there is too much going on. Exercise patterns are like eating. If a parent has the TV on all the time guess what the child will do? If the parent takes a bike out and invites a child along or says yes when the child asks this sets the right pattern. I think we can strike a balance and instill the same good habits that we should be maintaining.

Wow, first of all, I can't even imagine how it must have felt to have a child go missing! I don't believe that fear must ever go away. I'm sorry you went through this. I can absolutely see how it is easier to pick something up in your circumstances. My mom was a single mother as well, worked three jobs, and we did the same at times. She also cooked, though, when she had the time. Of course, as a kid I was more than happy to live on mac and cheese and some other foods that would probably not be considered healthy in today's standards! Yet as you said, I do believe that a lot of today's problems are related to not getting enough exercise. I was always outside playing. And I can see how the involvement of extracurricular activities, which is important for development, can almost cause some issues with the diet! How do you cook a meal when you work until 6, pick the kids up, need to bathe and feed them and get them in bed at a decent hour? It's a tough situation. I'm so glad you shared your comments! For me, I think that the obesity problem is based on many facets, but can't be blamed completely on the fact that mothers are out there in the workforce.