Check out this great article on how having kids interferes with women’s promotions at work. What do mothers who give only 50% expect? I see so many women take time off to go to soccer games, hang out at the coffee pot chatting endlessly about their children, and in general not appear to be as serious about their jobs as their male counterparts. These women don’t deserve a promotion! https://blogs.forbes.com/work-in-progress/2010/10/15/are-kids-a-career-kiss-of-death/