Your Daughter Can Brush Her Own Hair The sooner a working mother can stop feeling responsible for every aspect of her child's life, the sooner that child can develop the resilience and self-sufficiency that will empower him later in life.I think we, working mothers, are better off for this. Learn why this is so important.I don't want to gender-stereotype, as I'm sure there is an act of personal grooming equivalent to hair-brushing that we mothers do for our sons; in my case, being Jewish, circumcision was almost a foregone (no pun intended) conclusion. Robin Wolaner founded Parenting magazine in 1987 and sold the property to Time Inc. While I am as competitive as the next person, I think it's fortunate that our lack of time saves us from the ugliness of led three-anti lamp getting our wins through our children's appearance and performance. But the thought did occur to me that future nagging of my then-infant to keep clean would be one less thing on my list. As soon as I could, I abandoned skirts for the same reason (keeping a supply of un-snagged pantyhose is beyond me). It was enough to keep my hair looking professional (and, later, not gray)
