The following column was written for and initially appeared in the Huffington Post Business Blog. It is reprinted with permission from Huffington Post & EY.
By Karyn Twaronite, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP and EY Americas Inclusiveness Officer
When New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy missed the season’s first two games for the birth of his first child, he and his wife faced something they likely weren’t expecting: A media firestorm that pitted men’s work responsibilities against their family lives. One radio host even proclaimed that Murphy’s wife should have had a C-section, so he wouldn’t miss opening day. The stigma some men face in working flexibly to juggle personal and professional goals suddenly stepped right up to the plate.
