It's easy if you think it is! Wow, the lady is doing it, and other women are tearing her down because she is not in their shoes or because she mentioned her religious views. Prob the same women that will say Michelle Obama is so strong and beautiful despite being a christian also. What a joke!

I totaly agree with Kallie :

"THis woman is really NOT raising her own baby. She obviously has a really well paid nanny ---and I am not saying there is anything wrong with that. I am saying that she shouldn't be so cavalier in saying "its easy" because it sets young working women up for failure.

This woman makes millions, she can hire the best nanny, a cleaning team, a workout coach, she can pay to have healthy organic meals made for every meal. REAL women have all of that to do and take time to raise a healthy child both physically and emotionally. IT IS HARD WORK!!!! ---and don't let this very smart lady , who is worried about Yahoo's bottom line, tell you otherwise"

Ms. Meyer needs to frame her referance. Being a mom and CEO is easy when you have lots of help. For the rest of us regular working moms without paid help, it is INCREDIBLY HARD! I just wish she would be honest about why its easy for her, so the rest of us don't feel like we have failed somehow.

My babies would have been "easy" too if I had a nanny taking care of them for me LOL! Must be nice!

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I just realized that yes, the first 2 weeks are pretty easy aside from being tired all the time since most newborns do nothing but sleep and eat....wait till that baby is a bit older and cries when she leaves for work.

yahoo will do ok....it will survive do nothing special unless God comes into play hahahahaha...it died a long time ago...hey but good luck with that....

Two weeks. Two weeks is all God desired you spend with your precious gift He leaves you?

Look, I'm an atheist, but as a former Christian, I know how much they really emphasize and teach the gifting of children from God. I find it highly suspect that someone could be as brash to preach openly about how integral Christian views are and then regard being back at work with 10 days off as what you do as a priority. Over a newborn.

The religion questionability aside and back to the human context, I don't know how she could bond without being there you know the first month. The first months of life are so critical and biologically, her child is just going to bond with the actual caregivers at this point. When a very young child is without parent for awhile you can't just *make it up*. My father was in the Navy and did not see me until I was 6 or 7 months old and I really struggled to develop a connection with him. To this day, yes he provided for me, but I have zero connection and the psychologist and doctors I've spoke to have said it is very very common for children who don't develop any connections early on to fail in developing them later. You can't just say *poof* connection.

Again, nothing wrong with mothers working, many do. But don't go spouting off that it is *easy* (how diminishing to the rest of us and the [good]burden of motherhood to begin with???) and let's not act like two weeks is enough time. Maybe if you went back part time for a little bit after two weeks, but good Lord, take a month. Yahoo will be there in a month...your baby won't be your newborn in a month. And if you can't leave the company for more than a couple weeks because it will fall to pieces, then you are probably doing a @!$%#ty job.

I'd bet she has a Nanny and a house keeper. That surely makes motherhood much easier. An interview like this just earns her the scone of mom's who struggle while juggling a newborn, a home and many, a full time job. She should have consulted her PR department before speaking publicly about her version of motherhood.

As evidenced by many of these comments, any time God or his word is mentioned, the non-believers come out in force with their vile and hateful comments.

At one time, I thought that most of the Country has this same opinion of people that believe in God and believe that there is a Heaven and a Hell, but it appears that they are only a minority but are ready and waiting to respond where ever any religious activity is likely to occur.

What I have learned after many years on this earth is that folks that trust in God and live their lives accordingly, live a more meaningful, enjoyable and happy life. This does not mean that there will not be heartaches and disappointments along the way. The Bible is very clear on this as well as other issues that have been posted.

Put you Faith and Trust in God, like the young lady, and your rewards will be many.

Everything that Marissa Mayer does and says...I just want to hug her. People are saying she should have said this or that but let's get real....in Corporate America, it's ALWAYS politics (hence her going to a meeting with President Obama about the fiscal cliff). It has always been politics and always will be about politics. So, of course, she said motherhood is easy and that working Yahoo is great. If she were a man, this article wouldn't even be news even though he'd be doing (and saying) the EXACT same things as her with family probably lower on the list than it is for her.

If she doesn't raise her kid, it wouldn't be any different from all the men who either walked out on their child or thought it proper by society to go to work...never to see their kid until dinner is on the table by the little wife. He might talk to his children for a few minutes then be off to read the paper, take a long poop or whatever men like to do to unwind after a long day of work. As a mom, I am still expected to come home, cook dinner, helped my children with their homework and baths and maybe even read a book. Anything less than that and I am an unfit mother....SMH. Women have always had to work harder to prove ourselves in the workplace and we are STILL expected to come home and doing our little wifely duties like we don't have demanding careers. I even had one Speech Therapist tell me that my husband didn't need to be at the appointment because she needs the mother. What if my husband spent more time with our son so he could work with the therapist better? Or what if my son was in the phase where he likes daddy more? Some people, honestly, need to think before they speak. She just felt that because I am the mom, of couse, I have to do everything, like be at speech therapy meetings, etc. because I can't possibly be building my own career like my husband.

I guess you can say I am a Feminist. I like to think of myself as someone who is fair and impartial. I believe everyone should be treated as equally as possible. No snide remarks from me about Marissa Mayer because I am also a woman in the IT field and I know how hard it can be to remain competitive (and thrive) in a male-dominated field. I wish Mayer and her family all the best of luck! I hope she continues to be successful so she can continue to be an inspiration to women like me who are planning a successful future past the glass ceiling that was once placed there before for women.

Her child is clearly NOT her first priority. God, well whatever, other people went there, so I don't need to. Let me know how well that child turns out in 10-15 years with a non-existent mother, being raised by nannies. Yeah, that'll work out well....

There are a lot of bitter moms posting comments here! What exactly is it that makes you so angry and judgmental? The fact that she focused on her career first and waited to have a baby until she was financially successful? Or the fact that she chose not to be a stay-at-home mom and you resent her for it? Do it your way, Marissa!

She thinks it's easy because she isn't the one having to take care of the kid. I'm sure she has a couple nannies as well as the regular help (maid, butler, etc.). If only the wealthy had an f'ing clue...

My only issue with the Yahoo exec is that she makes it sound like motherhood is easy, without acknowledging all the help she surely has in raising her child. I think it's important for parents to put family first - so for me it's not a gender issue. And I wonder if she's really doing that if she calls motherhood "easy."

Like Yahoo, this news item rates a zero. Yahoo is no longer a major player, but another face in the crowd. Whoopee! I mean yahoo....

I was always indifferent to this woman, now I simply dislike her for saying ridiculous things such as this.

This is pure garbage. I'm so happy that this rich white woman can afford a nanny, a cook, a driver, a secretary, a staff, a personal trainer, etc. to make her life so f*****g 'easy.' She can kiss my f*****g ass.

And as far as 'god' goes, there is no such thing, and if there were it woudn't give 2 sh*ts for her.

if anyone thinks her baby is going to get the same care from his mom that he would get from nannies.....you're nuts. Why bother having a baby if you aren't going to raise it?

Another cult member. LOL! What a joke.

Well of course she can have her cake and eat it too when you are paid a king's ransom and have a nanny to tend to the child. How many of us are in that boat? She is not super mom that's for sure. I wouldn't brag about having a child and staying home 2 weeks and then returning to work so quickly. The baby needs the mother.

She's a Liberal Yahoo. Since when do they not mock and denounce God as non-existent?

The CEO of Yahoo has no clue what parenting is all about. Parenting is not a part time job. Not one that you hand off to a nanny, 2 weeks after giving birth so you can work at your highly paid job. Why have a child if your going to do that? There are enough children already in this world that grow up without parents, single parent households, latchkey children, kids born out of wedlock.

Marissa, wanna make another baby? Call me.

I think she should go with 'Yahwah, Youngsters and Yahoo'. Just in case anyone asks her Y.

I give her 18 months, Yahoo is a sinking ship and provides no real services, google, amazon, facebook, bing all eat away at yahoos market share daily. In five years we'll all be saying "remember yahoo", they are the AOL of this generation.