New film: I Don't Know How She Does It .  Based on the best-selling novel by Allison Pearson and starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Christina Hendricks and Pierce Brosnan, the film gives an upbeat glimpse into the glossy but hectic life of Kate Reddy (Parker), a woman who appears to have everything going for her.

Regardless of the reviews, good or bad, that this movie might be getting, it highlights the battle between working and raising kids.  One Australian's response to this movie is to reason the following:

"The female-dominated industries that do offer flexible hours, such as community services or retail, are the worst paid sectors in Australia - partly because they are dominated by part-timers, and partly because women's work is not as valued.

But these discouraging statistics are not a reason not to work. They're a reason to campaign for true family flexibility, where employers don't send part-timers down the mummy track, but plan a real career path. It means developing family-friendly practices for all full-time employees. It also means mothers should commit to making their jobs work for others in the office. Yes it makes life more frantic, but working families prove all the time that they can muddle through together."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/the-working-mother-myth-20111103-1mxts.html#ixzz1cgqtwtMI