European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine most mothers remain in the it or Force. Are Mother who give up careers to stay Home perfectionists Homecoming for career women by Brenda Lane Richardson new York times Aren Campo Middleburg a a 35-Yoar old cosmetics executive was a highly Molina led career woman when she Lell her Job in 1966 o concen Rale on rearing her Inland son Carstyn blown 38, was a High ranking manager Lor at to in Washington when she quit in 1987 to devote More Lime to net iwo Chi Wren. Recently on a Rainy morning in Middleburg. Camp Brown and a Iriondo. Brandon Berkeley 34. Who was a Bank vice president in bal Limona Bosforo resigning to be with her two toddlers Mol in Camp s i9lh-cen1ury. Three Story Stone House to discuss hair new lives the three women As Well As others interviewed Are among Iho relatively Small number of women leaving managerial and professional jobs to care Lull Lime Lor their children the women using the decision making skills  in then professions narrowed their choices 10 pursuing a career or rearing their children rather than Liying to juggle the Uvo. Quilling was Iho most difficult decision of my  Camp said but i can always go Back to work i a in i always raise my child " their decisions and those of other women leaving careers have reverberated beyond their immediate circles. And ultimately insight into to society judges them and How they judge the serves May have 3 pro lond Ellec on the american family. Thera have always been woman who quit their pcs after having children including professional women but blown Camp and Berkeley Are As diff event from those Home makers of the past As egg beaters Are irom Lood processors. For hair 1950s counterparts there was widespread social acceptance. Women like Brown and Camp Are of the generation thai gave the word housewife negative connotations. I d always Felt thai women who stayed Home were weak limited in i hair horizons said Camp who added that for several months alter quitting she avoided lilting out forms dreading having la identity Hersell As a housewife at a time when self esteem and professional Success seem joined at the hip these women have left behind careers not just jobs. Ii was like turning a Light switch off in the Only room i had known said Brown who had been with her company Lor 16 years Sha handled marketing accounts throughout the Norl heal. Wilh7s employees in Nino offices. Her Job required at least 12 hours a Day and frequent travel she had to spend time away irom her Home in great Falls. A. Near Washington and from her husband. Martin 43, and their children Brentl. 10, and Jennie. 0 Camp began her career in 1973 As an account representative for a clothing company. By 1986 she wis a manager supervising eight account representatives with 450 clients in eight slates or Aramis. In Short. Berkeley said Caren was the most Carrot oriented woman i be Ever  Why did she choose to give that up because Lor Camp As Lor the other mothers interviewed. The pull of wanting to be with her child became too much in addition she could of lord to stay Horna. Camp began considering leaving her Job while on a business trip to pills Burgh. Us alter her son Webb s fits birthday in july 1986. She called Home. The housekeeper said Webb had taken his first Slop recalled Camp whose husband John 36, is an acquisitions specialist or he Jordan co. I realized that his first year had gone by so Quick Fly i had been Tike a visitor in his  she quit Lour months later. White it is not known now Many career women Are making similar choices it is Clear that they Ara in the minority. Only a third of women from 25 to 44 with children under 1$ Are not in Iho labor Market according wednesday May 4, 1988 to the labor department. Of 50.3 million women who do work outside Iho Homo 24 percent or 12.3 million hold managerial and professional jobs. Anne Mot Segen Smith editor in chief of work Rig women Magazine said she believes Lac Mol hours who Giva up carpers Are Peutec zionists " she said she worries that ii Thesa cases Are viewed As a trend Corporale administrators will decide that women cannot to trusted in responsible positions. Indeed the National Law journal reported that an appreciable chunk of the female Legal Tabor trace.1 including an increasing number of lawyers has been lost because Iho women round 11 Loo dil Lichtl to balance family needs with full time work. The journal did not Cilo figures bul Iho author Patricia mans said in an interview that the num Boi of Young women leaving Law Lor Iha Homo is in the  psychologist Ellen Hock a professor at Ohio slate University. Said that rather than asking whether mothers should be Al Home Wilh their children Allenton should be focused on what makes the Mother Happy. For a Long time we be known that a woman s mental health is critical to being a Good  she said. Hock is conducting a study of 164 career oriented Middle class Olheis in con Ira Ohio she has found thai the women who showed the most symptoms of spliess and depression were at Home but preferred Lobo employed outside Home. Hock suggested Hal the Lew executive women in her study who could afford to stay Home but chose to keep working did not feel conflict because they could Alford High Quality Day care and fell fulfilled Wilh their work. Faith Popcorn Iho chairman of brain Csore. A new York concern specializing in trends said this is part of whal is the Homecoming movement. It s no and  she said to s a Way of living Lilc to Iho fullest. It s a move Hal proc cos choir marriages ii give the couple time to Stral Gizo. Lime to gel things done and time Lor  for Brown. Camp and Berkeley unlike Many workers quitting was an option because icy have spouses who can support them. Bul they say their Days of living without a budget Are behind them there Are few meals out for instance for Berkeley. Her husband Richard an investment banker and their children Brandon. 3, and Stuart 1. And the couple has postponed remodelling i hair Home. Although Camp retained her housekeeper. Else spends much of her Day Wilh Webb now 2v�. They go sledding visit museums Road by the fire and sing As he strums his Gomilar. It s being Sheie when he needs  she said. That can be at 10 30 in the morning when he s learning to tie his shoe like Many recent converts. Camp has Strong opinions about her new Lite. I say if you can of Loid to stay Home do in she said. Why bring a child into Iho world and be away 75 percent of the time Brown quit because it troubled her that her children s lives Weic revolving around her Busy schedule. They were in As big a Lush As i was Brown said ii was up at 6 301 eat your Biea fasl grab your school bag slam bang the teacher asked me Why by cell rushed through his  Brown said Brand was calling her As of Len As five times a Day at the office just to Chat. Ono Day she forgot to pick him up from school. Something in in said these children need me.1" she  i can t hire a replacement " none of the women interviewed would predict How soon they might return to work. Like Many of these former professionals they said they Hope to turn their business savvy into entrepreneurial enlers discs nol just go Home to Wash windows Popcorn observed another woman Susan Wolfe. 38, a lawyer in Palo Alto calil., was prepared to work part Lime after the birth of her daughter Catherine now 3. But instead she wrote a mystery novel set in a Silicon Valley Law firm the Book Asatri in Iho fast Lane is scheduled for publication in december by St. Martin s press. Wolfe whose husband Ralph Devoe 42. Is a laser physicist now plans to stay Home. She does worry however that one Day Cal Scrino May think her a poor role Model. The stars and stripes Page 13