“…Mothers of young children do not move into tenure‐track positions at the same rate as other faculty (Morrison et al, ; Wolfinger et al, ); motherhood has been identified as a significant factor in women not earning tenure as often as their male colleagues (Connelly & Ghodsee, ; Ecklund & Lincoln, ). Scholars have identified some of the barriers mothers experience in academia (Morrison et al, ; Wolfinger et al, ; Wolf‐Wendel & Ward, ), including those faced by counselor educator mothers (Hermann, Ziomek‐Daigle, & Dockery, ; Stinchfield & Trepal, ; Trepal & Stinchfield, ). In addition to describing barriers, researchers have highlighted benefits of academic motherhood (Connelly & Ghodsee, ; Hermann et al, ; Trepal & Stinchfield, ; Ward & Wolf‐Wendel, ).…”