We need to get students to see what science is. There are issues with no direct resolution. Women must decide when to have families, a problem with rather narrow time constraints. Both professors Reiss and Aoki have had to come up with their own solutions. There are many alternatives available to women in present day.
Women can choose to have their eggs frozen until they decide to have children.
Adoption is another method of fostering a family when one can no longer have children. But both women expressed concerns for the growing number of scientists with families. Reiss identified the needs of scientists in the coming years as evolving. When discussing the elements of an environment that foster creativity and success, both Reiss and Aoki identified the need for familial contact. Day care services, which are surprisingly lacking from NYU, are necessary support systems for scientists, professors, post-doctoral students and graduate students who spend vast amounts of time in their offices and labs.