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Thanks everyone, part of my concern is personal. I was the gifted girl who was always challening the system, always speaking out, always a thorn in someone's side. I finally felt more at home during college and graduate school, but then came children and I became that woman: the one who had talents in so many areas, but is now a self sacrificing stay at home mom. I am trying to figure out how to get out of that box, and don't want my daughter to lose her fire. Maybe my concerns are mostly projection since she still is her edgy, creative, willful self in plenty of environments :-) Mom on the other hand went from Harvard to piles of laundry and can't seem to get my creative self back. I think there are much greater risks of losing women to friends, children, etc. in a way that doesn't often happen with men or boys.