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WALKING A TIGHTROPE
By MICHELLE GABRIELLE CENTAMORE
With women increasingly assuming home and career responsibilities, work-life
balance is paramount to feeling accomplished personally and professionally.
Since 1960, the number of mothers serving as the primary earners for their
household increased from 11 percent to 40 percent, according to the U.S.
Department of Labor. Moreover, 70 percent of mothers with children under 18
participate in the labor force with more than 75 percent of them employed fulltime.
“The roles of women have changed, and they will continue to change,” says Mary
Hauptman, president of the Long Island Center for Business and Professional
Women. “We all have 24 hours in the day. It’s how you use them that’s important.”
Achieving harmony between family and career is an everlasting work in progress
for most Long Island women — but one that if successful,
could be rich in rewards.
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Juggling work and home life is increasingly difficult. (Getty Images)
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