"Flash-forward to 2005, and I wonder that there's a place for mothers at all. It's another of those 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' situations. If you have kids you can't devote as much time to work, and you upset the 'childfree' folks that feel they shouldn't have to make up for your 'hobby.' If you don't have kids you're selfish and you'll have biological clock hives someday. If you wait too long you may have fertility issues, and if you don't wait long enough, you'll never have a career. If you have an only child you're kid will be self-centered and lonely, if you have more than 2 you're taking up more than you're allotted spot in terms of population growth. If you work outside the home, you're neglectful and selfish, if you stay at home you're smothering and a leech. If you're an educated mom that takes time off, then you're 'wasting your potential,' and if you're an uneducated mom you're 'putting your kids at risk.'"