An article on TheNewYorkTimes.com website discusses the tenuous balance between work and life, viewing this continual struggle through a different lens: having children or not having them. One perspective the article offers is the idea that having children gives one a bit of a break in the work-world. For example, one of the women featured in the story felt obligated to pick up the slack at work when her co-workers had parenting obligations, even at the cost of not being able to take care of her ailing grandparents. Another woman was actually able to advance her career by picking up extra projects and taking on more hours.