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Lara Bazelon on Why Having a Career is Good for Your Kids

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Ambitious Mom

Diana emigrated from viet nam and was a nailslon worker in her professional ambition, ultimately having a really positive impact on her family. She worked at a nail salon, very hard, extremely long hours, and they were basically barely making ends meet. And so she decided to strike out on her own and start her own business by renting a room in a salon and basically being her own boss. Her kids would see the phone ringing, and they would be so happy and excited for her. They were realo seeing this, this gamble of hers pay off. Now she's busier than ever, and she's making more money than she did when she was incredibly unhappy, over

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