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"  All this &amp;quot;lean in,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;lean back&amp;quot; business: It&amp;#039;s a smoke screen. It seems like it&amp;#039;s a discussion about women&amp;#039;s choices, but it&amp;#039;s really about Facebook, and not just because Sheryl Sandberg works there.  Why? Because we&amp;#039;re all comparing ourselves to each other more than ever, and there doesn&amp;#039;t seem to be a way to live a Facebook-worthy life, in a Pinterest-worthy home without a ton of money or somebody at home, documenting the adorableness and coordinating the towels. But let&amp;#039;s be real: Most of us are just glad when there&amp;#039;s a clean towel.  Whether women get what they deserve at work, and the complex emotions that come with deciding whether to stay at home to raise kids: These are worthwhile things for us all to think about \u2014 when we have a spare five minutes between reading a bedtime story and cleaning up the kitchen. But we&amp;#039;ll all make our own decisions, based on who we are, how much money we have, and what our family is like. There is no black-and-white answer, as much as it might seem like this or that friend on Facebook has it figured out.  A recent Pew Research Center poll found that 56% of working moms say that juggling work and family responsibilities is difficult for them. That&amp;#039;s a lot \u2014 but it&amp;#039;s still just over half. That means there are almost as many moms who feel like they&amp;#039;re hanging in there, handling it. Is this because they&amp;#039;re not leaning in? Are these the perfect Facebook families? Or maybe: They&amp;#039;re just doing their best, and not letting themselves get worked up about it.  I hope that&amp;#039;s it, because it&amp;#039;s exhausting to always wonder what life would be like if we&amp;#039;d made different choices or had more options. Whether you&amp;#039;re leaning in, leaning back, or leaning over and tying someone&amp;#039;s shoes, hang in there.   Sarah Smith is a deputy editor at REDBOOK and the mom of a baby boy. She and her furry circus (husband, baby, dog, and cat) live in New York City.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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