Career breaks for parenting don't hurt, says writer

It's no secret that working parents have a difficult time with the elusive work-life balance. For starters, there is the 40-hour workweek, which often spills beyond eight-hour days. Then there is the ever-present flow of emails, meetings and occasional work trips that must be juggled with quotidian chores: making dinner, cleaning up and helping with homework, just to name a few.

This balancing act is the subject of Work Pause Thrive, a new book by Lisen Stromberg.

It's the latest book that extrapolates on how women, and men to a lesser degree, can get ahead in their careers while in the thick of parenting. Stromberg argues that mothers can "pause" their careers and focus on caregiving duties without harming their professional paths, as some tend to believe.