Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 17, 2008 by Mary Ann Mason
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They worry that they will not be able to handle both their chosen profession and their family responsibilities. They know that child care is impossibly expensive and notoriously unreliable. They understand that employers offer some family leave when children are born, or when family members are sick, but it may be unpaid.