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    This Video Says It Straight

    Posted July 24th, 2010 by Valerie Young

    From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog  MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org When it comes to making our world go ’round, women are doing most of the heavy lifting. We work more US jobs than men, and our income is the sole or significant support in more households than ever. We still do the majority of carework [...]

    Helicopter Mothers Take A Hit

    Posted July 19th, 2010 by Valerie Young

    From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog  MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org MOTHERS member Jennifer Minear picked up the Sunday paper two weeks ago and received an unexpected jolt from an article on parenting styles and their alleged consequences. She felt a lot better after writing this post as a guest blogger, and we’re happy to bring [...]

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    “The Price of Motherhood” Revisited

    Posted July 12th, 2010 by Valerie Young

    From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog  MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org As July 12 is my birthday, I’m turning the keyboard aboard over to our latest MOTHERS member, Laura LaMonica of Stella, North Carolina. She’s a freshly minted Ed.D. and recently just happened to be reading The Price of Motherhood by our very own Ann Crittenden. [...]

    Economic Role of Parents Devalued

    Posted June 10th, 2010 by Valerie Young

    From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog  MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Your (Wo)Man in Washington welcomes guest blogger Amy Peake, a mother, lawyer, and writer. She has graciously allowed me to crosspost an opinion piece of hers that recently appeared in The Birmingham News. MY VIEW: Economic role of parents devalued By Special to The Birmingham [...]

    Posted Under: O: Open Flexible Work

    The Part-Time Worker Blues

    Posted June 8th, 2010 by Valerie Young

    From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog  MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org There are many different reasons women and mothers get the short end of the stick in our social order, but a major factor has to be how part-time work is structured in this country. This is a big part of the reason women’s earnings and [...]

    Posted Under: O: Open Flexible Work

    Who Is Giving Birth in the U.S.?

    Posted May 17th, 2010 by Valerie Young

    From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog  MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org New data from the Pew Research Center reveal some surprising changes in the decisions women make about marriage and family. Over the past 20 years, non-Hispanic white women had fewer children, and now account for just over half of US births. The birthrate among black [...]

    Posted Under: O: Open Flexible Work

    Is Mother in the House…..and Senate?

    Posted May 10th, 2010 by Valerie Young

    From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog  MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Mother’s Day became my favorite holiday exactly 14 years ago—the first one I observed as a mother in my own right. It followed on the heels of my realization that no amount of education, professional experience, personal achievement, or effort would insulate me from the [...]

    Equal Pay Day and the Marlboro Man

    Posted April 17th, 2010 by Valerie Young

    From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog  MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Equal Pay Day is just around the corner, so it’s a good time to take stock once again of how women’s earnings compare with those of men. Your (Wo)Man in Washington has buried her nose in so many economic reports, federal statistical surveys, and stacks [...]

    Mothers Snowed Under

    Posted March 13th, 2010 by Valerie Young

    From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog  MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Would you believe me if I told you that a major snowstorm affects the lives of men and women differently? Could I convince you that there is a gender difference, even in the weather? Let me try. In February, parts of the East Coast had [...]

    Posted Under: E: Excellent Childcare

    Private Cost, Public Gain

    Posted January 26th, 2010 by Valerie Young

    From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog  MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org The U.S. spends very little public money on children, and a great deal of public money on older people.  The reason for this has to do with our cultural attitudes towards privacy and the belief that raising children happens almost exclusively within the family.  While [...]

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