I'm over at Yahoo's Shine! today, writing about Saturday's confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor and wondering if this historic milestone is inspiring or discouraging for our daughters:My oldest daughter is nearly 16 years old. She’s whip-smart and politically conservative. She wants to be a lawyer. I don’t know if she has her heart set on a seat at the Supreme Court, but I look at all the lauding of Sotomayor’s historic confirmation and wonder: Are we teaching our children that great achievements by women of color are the exception, not the rule?
Read the rest -- and tell me what you think -- at Shine's Parenting Channel.
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