Jacqueline Harounian on Work-Life Balance

Jacqueline Harounian, Esquire of Wisselman, Harounian & Associates, P.C. penned a great piece at The Glass Hammer. Her article, Raising the Bar: Balancing Professional and Personal Choices, includes some "inspirational anecdotes and advice related to the challenges of balancing professional and personal choices."
Shortly after being admitted to the Bar, my daughter was born. As I continued to work as an associate in the firm, my third and fourth children were born. After eleven years of practice, when my youngest child was two, one of my career goals was realized when I was offered a partnership in the firm. I am currently the only female attorney out of seven attorneys in the law firm of Wisselman, Harounian & Associates, P.C., which is recognized as one of the largest matrimonial firms in Long Island, New York.
The rest of the article can be found here.
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I definately appreciate Ms. Harounian's apparent candor and willingness to share her story. However, what frustrates me about this article is the implicit claim that she is superwoman -- a great lawyer (no doubt this is true), a great mom, a great wife, an involved citizen and a great mentor. However, except for a brief and cryptic mention about "childcare" when talking about law school, she doesn't mention how she has really managed. She gives a lot of credit to her law firm, her husband and even her kids as young as 3 years old for helping her balance. However, how does she make it work? From the information provided we cannot know we can only speculate. At first it sounds like maybe her spouse doesn't work but then why only give him credit for the grocery shopping. The truth must be that she either has family members or paid care providers looking after her kids, or at least she did when they were all young. I know that it does nothing to make yourself or your law firm look good to talk about nannies or childcare centers but really... to write something like this without mention of how the children have been cared for does nothing to help others figure out how to mirror your success.