I went back to work 10 days after giving birth. Two decades later, I finally took a break.

Real estate executive Leslie Cohen recently took a break from her career to be more present for her college-bound kids. Shep Cohen Real-estate executive Leslie Cohen went back to work 10 days after giving birth to her second son. Two decades later, she decided to pause her career to help her sons navigate college. Cohen said that being present for her children now is more important than when they were babies. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leslie Cohen, a 52-year-old ...