Wow. What a slap to working moms everywhere. :-(
The wonderful advances of our Judeo-Christian Western Civilization -- all of its scientific and technological blessings that have made lives better and richer and more free, all the fantastic inventions and advancements in medicine and agriclture and aviation and computers -- in virtually every aspect of mankind's advance -- would not have happened if the individuals involved had said, "Nope, sorry, no can do -- I have to put my kids first." Kids were raised by nannies and/or put up in English boarding schools for centuries, and during those centuries, England produced many great things, including, ultimately, the USA. With apologies to Dr. Laura, who I mostly love and agree with, the idea of having every family be child-focused in its "business" decisions is a trendy fad that in the long run, hugely threatens the advance of man. Men follow their dreams, and the kids tag along; that's how it needs to work. Except when it comes to the divorce of their parents, kids are tough; I think a big reason my own Baby Boomer generation is so screwed up is because parents forgot that.
Refusing to make "the interests of the children" as defined by pop culture the overriding consideration in career choices and fulfilling worthy dreams is NOT the same as child neglect. Indeed, it could be argued that it IS a form of child abuse, in that when those kids grow up and discover that they aren't the center of the world after all, they move back home with mom and dad because they can't handle that now that they've grown up, they're supposed to be the drones.
Men and women who've accomplished great things to the benefit of humanity didn't do so by putting everything on the back burner until their kids grew up. They brought their kids along for the ride.