Families and community involvement are in. Working mothers want your job. You are the newest status symbol of the 90's. Professionally speaking, you're in a new and improved field. Representatives at the 1993 Conference for Home Economics voted overwhelmingly to change the name to the more broadly-scoped Family and Consumer Sciences.
Media reporting on social issues reflects a new concern for the core issue of at-home mothers.
Who's taking care of the children. You've finally got a choice. Trading in the glass ceiling for the sticky floor isn't for everyone. But for those women who are considering it, the diminishing stigma of that lifestyle allows them to look objectively at the option with clear, unjaundiced eyes-a prerequisite for making a wise choice for themselves and their families. This means for the first time, women really do have a choice.