STEREOTYPING THE ARCHETYPE: Working Mom of the Week

The All-for-Show Mom

Her kids are referred to by gender and age only. She seems proud that her heels click-clacking on her mahogany floors is the only sound that her kids connect with her. Not her voice, her laugh, her songs, or her story-telling. Her shoes. Frankly, it’s not just her kids who keep an ear out for her Jimmy Choos – at the office those shoes have people making pretend phone calls, zipping into empty conference rooms, and pulling their feet up in bathroom stalls. And God help the poor night-nanny who had to call off sick when she had to deal with the boy and his bad dream in the middle of the night.

She “doesn’t believe” in keeping photos of her offspring in her office – she just doesn’t understand why mothers distract themselves that way. She carries a mug with their photo on it – that’s all she needs. Let’s be real – she clearly had kids because she needed the family-life stories to connect with her colleagues in the ‘parent network’. It's all for show. She craves control - and kids, well, sometime they’re sticky. STICKY! Methinks her copy of 50 Shades of Grey is war-torn and highlighted with notes in the columns.