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Didn't you used to be Ann Crittenden?" a man asked at a New York cocktail party. Three years earlier she had quit reporting economic news for the New York Times to stay home with her baby. End of paid job, end of identity.
Economists say human resources form the chief ingredient in the U.S. economy, the mainstay of American business. Psychologists say the first five years of life are key in human development. Nobody else put the two together.
Author of The Price of Motherhood (Henry Holt and Company, 2001, $25), Crittenden called motherhood not just a personal choice but a grossly undervalued economic contribution. She spoke at the University of ...