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05/11/12

As with every Mother's Day, millions of moms will get flowers and candy this Sunday, along with sticky pancakes or burnt toast lovingly prepared by husbands and kids turned cooks-for-a-day. As individuals, we're pretty fond of our mothers. But as a nation we don't value motherhood all that much. We...

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Martha Burk

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05/11/12

Meet Annie Spiegelman, a Bay Area mom who blogs as " The Dirt Diva " on matters of love, gardening, and cultivating a healthy planet. Just in time for Mother's Day, Annie shares her interview with Rachel's Network Co-Director Laurie Syms on the evidence that women in Congress, regardless of party,...

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Miriam Feffer

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05/11/12

TIME Magazine just became another self-appointed arbiter of “Mommy Judgment” by trying to inflame the Mommy Wars with their exploitative cover of a young mother standing like a mudflap girl and breastfeeding her 3, maybe 4 year old. The byline: “Are you Mom enough?” The answer is, as soon as you...

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Genevieve Colvin

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05/11/12

"Your mom is so reasonable, all our punishments fit our crimes!" momsdaycard.com — Jake Brewer (@jakebrewer) May 11, 2012 Love this. RT @ fissionstrategy : Looking 4 the perfect e-card 4 #MothersDay ? @ MomsRising has got u covered: momsdaycard.com/index2.php — Jay Carmona (@jaycarmona) May 11,...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Childcare & Early Education

05/10/12

Welcome to Toddler Thursdays! Every Thursday, visit the MomsRising blog for crafts and recipes for toddlers and preschoolers, as well as news and tips on childcare and early education. Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user mali mish This week, we're celebrating Mother's Day with easy homemade gift...

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Claire Moshenberg

Childcare & Early Education

05/10/12

When we put our children on the bus or drop them off at school all we really want is for them to learn, to be safe and to return home ready to turn around and do it again – for thirteen years! We also hope they really like it. I don’t think many of us even stop to think about the actual 420 minutes...

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Laura Kaloi

05/10/12

rue or False: 1) A pregnant woman can be fired for carrying a water bottle on the job to stay hydrated and prevent bladder infections. 2) A pregnant activity director at a nursing home can be terminated because she requires help with some physically strenuous aspects of her job to prevent having...

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Dina Bakst

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05/10/12

This Mother's Day we're celebrating the fact that moms are now networked and engaged in ways unimaginable just a decade ago. More than 36 million women are now active in the blogosphere, either publishing or reading blogs. And, by the end of this year, more than 90 percent of moms with kids under...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

05/10/12

Just in time for Mother’s Day, some good news for our nation’s children and their parents: More children have health insurance coverage today than at any point in our nation’s history! Despite the severe economic downturn, continued erosion of employer sponsored coverage, and political stalemate in...

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Donna Norton

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05/10/12

Do your kids argue? Or did they when they were younger? Here's a hilarious Mother's Day fantasy just for you! Happy nearly Mother's Day!!! - Kristin, Joan, Monifa, Elisa, Ashley, Nanette, Sarah, Julie, Sarah, Anita, Ruth, Claire, Donna, Mary, and Gloria

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner