The Pew Research Center released data earlier this month confirming what most mothers already knew: Working moms spend twice as many hours as working fathers caring for children and performing household work. No surprise, then, that the same survey revealed these working moms also are more likely to feel exhausted both at work and at home.
At the same time, the National Association for Law Placement reports that 87 percent of law firm partners are supported by a stay-at-home spouse. Yes, you read that right. The legal profession is disproportionately populated by a Leave It To Beaver household model not found for some decades in any other sector of American life.
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