Summary: Over the last fifteen years, the number of stay at home moms has been increasing. In 2003, Lisa Belkin published an article in The New York Times called "The Opt-Out Revolution," leading many to believe this increase was the result of educated women choosing to forgo a career in order to stay at home with the kids. However, in the last couple years, this revolution has been revealed as a myth; most stay at home moms are younger, less educated, and of a lower socio-economic class, but this does not mean the overeducated stay at home mom doesn't exist, nor that this phenomenon should be dismissed. I talk with Alex Iwashnyna of lateenough.com, a popular blogger and stay at home mom who left a career in medicine to stay at home with her kids. She reveals that opting out is not a jump from career to home, but rather a complicated and subtle process. Articles: "The Opt-Out Revolution" by Lisa Belkin in The New York Times, 26 October 2003. “Most Stay-at-Home Moms Start That Way, Study Finds” by Donna St. George in The Washington Post, 1 October 2009. The Overeducated Stay at Home Mom
