Episode 42: Ambitious Like a Mother with Lara Bazelon

This mother, writer, professor of law, and director of the Criminal Juvenile Justice and Racial Justice Clinics at the University of San Francisco School of Law chats with TBD about her new book, Ambitious Like a Mother: Why Prioritizing Your Career is Good for Your Kids. Lara is a writer of fiction and nonfiction who has published op-eds in the New York Times and The Washington Post and is a contributing writer for Slate with her ongoing series on criminal justice and modern family life. She is also the author of Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction. So how the heck does she juggle it all?  Lara will share her stories on career setbacks, overcoming the stigma of a divorce, and the power of passion for your work. In her words, it’s a “messy imbalance.” But, she says, it doesn’t work for two parents to have equally demanding high power careers at the same time. Rather, she advises what she calls a “seesaw” marriage.  And most importantly, she says to have these discussions before you decide to have children. Episode originally aired live on WVOX-AM on July 21,  2022. For show notes, go to thebalancedilemma.com.