Sheryl Sandberg Quote
One of the immediate questions new parents face is who will provide primary care for a child. The historical choice has been the mother. Breast-feeding alone has made this both the logical and the biological choice. But the advent of the modern-day breast pump has changed the equation. At Google, I would lock my office door and pump during conference calls. People would ask, What’s that sound? I would respond, What sound? When they would insist that there was a loud beeping noise that they could hear on the phone, I would say, Oh, there’s a fire truck across the street. I thought I was pretty clever until I realized that others on the call were sometimes in the same building and knew there was no fire truck. Busted.
One of the immediate questions new parents face is who will provide primary care for a child. The historical choice has been the mother. Breast-feeding alone has made this both the logical and the biological choice. But the advent of the modern-day breast pump has changed the equation. At Google, I would lock my office door and pump during conference calls. People would ask, What’s that sound? I would respond, What sound? When they would insist that there was a loud beeping noise that they could hear on the phone, I would say, Oh, there’s a fire truck across the street. I thought I was pretty clever until I realized that others on the call were sometimes in the same building and knew there was no fire truck. Busted.