We Need To Start Talking About Child-rearing

At Facebook We Feel A Lot Of Affinity Not Just For This Community But For Any Community That Is Trying To Do What Davos Is Trying To Do, Which Is To Share Information. And Davos Is Doing It In A Particular Way - I Think The Facebook Approach Is Obviously More Broad-based, We're Trying To Include Everyone In The World. But The Goal Is The Same: Bring People Together, To Share Information And Make The World More Connected, And Have People Have A Deeper Understanding Of Themselves, Others, The Communities Of Which They Want To Be A Part And Can Be A Part.

Fear Is At The Root Of So Many Of The Barriers That Women Face. Fear Of Not Being Liked. Fear Of Making The Wrong Choice. Fear Of Drawing Negative Attention. Fear Of Overreaching. Fear Of Being Judged. Fear Of Failure. And The Holy Trinity Of Fear: The Fear Of Being A Bad Mother/wife/daughter.

We Compromise Our Career Goals To Make Room For Partners And Children Who May Not Even Exist Yet

We Hold Ourselves Back In Ways Both Big And Small, By Lacking Self-confidence, By Not Raising Our Hands, And By Pulling Back When We Should Be Leaning In.

We're The Only Developed Country In The World That Doesn't Have Paid Maternity Leave. Paternity Leave Is Just As Important. Paid Family Medical Leave So That You Can Take Care Of A Parent, A Child, A Grandparent, Whatever You Need To Do. I Think We're Shortsighted When We Don't Invest In Our Employees As Companies, And As An Economy, Because We Invest In Them And They Invest Back In Us.