News editor Kim Shippey recently talked with two people whose careers have followed untraditional lines. Wes Bockley of Newton, Massachusetts, stayed at home with his two sons while they were growing up. Linda Mayer is senior vice-president of marketing and product development for Moen Inc., a manufacturing company in North Olmsted, Ohio. For several years, she and her husband took turns staying at home with their three daughters.
"Our life plans don't always take us where we expect," says Wes Bockley. "In my twenties I became the primary caregiver of our two boys from infancy till their late teens. Since I fould myself on the shorter end of the wage-earning stick, it only made sense for my wife to be the breadwinner when the boys were young.
"There were numerous challenges to be faced in the so-called role-reversal situation, the most basic of which was to look respectable and have the house picked up and dinner ready by the time my wife got home at night. This was not as easy as it sounds!
