More than 150 companies have discovered that enforced separation of parents from their newborns when they return to work is no longer necessary. These organizations have hosted an astonishing 1,800 babies over the years and have seen consistent benefits from allowing babies at work, including skyrocketing morale, increased teamwork, higher retention rates, and extremely loyal [...]
The Parenting in the Workplace Institute (PIWI) has a vision of a world in which interacting with babies is just part of a regular day at the office. For nearly 150 confirmed businesses and more than 1,600 babies, this world is already a vivid and enchanting reality. Will you help our Institute and MomsRising to [...]
Today’s New York Times has a front-page article discussing Sarah Palin’s combination of political career and motherhood, describing how she regularly carried her son Trig in a sling to hearing
When it comes to open, flexible work options such as those MomsRising.org is working to achieve, the term “family-friendly” could more accurately be labeled “human-friendly.” People in every conceivable living arrangement desire work that takes into account their individuality, their dreams, and their responsibilities outside of their jobs.
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