"Should I Be a Housewife?"

A client yesterday said she was afraid she was romanticizing what it would be like to be a housewife. So she asked me to outline the dark side of that. 

I posted the transcript of our exchange about that as my PsychologyToday.com article today.

3-Minute Workover: Helping a Stay-at-Home-Mom Get a Job

AOL has asked me to do a series of video 3-Minute Career Makeovers on unemployed people. HERE is the first.

Onramping: Explaining a Gap in Your Employment

You've been unemployed for a long time. Perhaps you were a stay-at-home parent, were ill, in prison, or simply goofing off.

In this tough job market, how can you, with integrity, explain that to employers in a way that will get you hired over someone without a gap?

Onramping. That's the topic of my AOL.com article today. HERE is the link.

What If You Don't Want to Work?

Most people feel an ethical obligation to be productive. Some less wise people don't. Still others would like to be productive but feel doomed to a low-pay/low-reward career.

In fact, some people do have dim career prospects: If you're not bright, not driven, have personality issues, and excel at little, your chances of earning a good living aren't great in our ever-more-demanding global economy and with a U.S. empire that's likely in its decline and fall while China and India ascend.

Rather than guilt-trip you on the importance and wisdom of being productive, here I'll simply accept your self-assessment. I find anathema an able-bodied/able-minded person living off the taxpayer. I can more readily accept such people making the effort to become a stay-at-home spouse of a good income-earner. Agree to be a great spouse, homemaker, and perhaps parent in exchange for she or he providing the bulk of the family's income.