E: Excellent Childcare
Posted February 8th, 2010 by Sarah Francis
Last Friday, February 5th we held an all-ages-sing-along-dance-party with in the Washington State Capitol Rotunda to make sure Washington legislators don’t forget about kids and families this legislative session.
The fantastic parents, tots and friends that joined us proved that Political Activism + Dance Party = Silly, Affective Fun.
Thanks so much to Caspar Babypants for leading [...]
Posted January 27th, 2010 by Ellen Galinsky
In listening to the political commentators prepare for the State of the Union Address tonight, most of them are telling the President that he must reframe the discussion, have courage, and focus on jobs, jobs, jobs.
I think that the President is doing something quite courageous that SADLY may be missed in the media dissection of, [...]
Posted January 9th, 2010 by Sarah Francis
‘I ask why they don’t have any energy, and they say they haven’t had enough to eat,’ Jackson said. ‘Then I talk to their mothers and they tell me there’s no food in the house. It breaks my heart every day,’ says program director Rita Jackson.”Washington Post
1 in 4 children in our nation are [...]
Posted December 3rd, 2009 by cecily
To start, I am a 25 year old mommy of three, all under the age of 6!! As most parents do I think my little ones are amazing and I wanted to be as active as I could in their educations and lives. I got started in Head Start a year ago and with my [...]
Posted November 24th, 2009 by Sarah Francis
As a new mom, I quickly learned what a cry of hunger sounds like. I was amazed by how quickly that cry drove me to action — no mom can ignore that sound. Unfortunately, in today’s economy, more and more families don’t have the resources to answer those cries. In fact, a recent USDA study [...]
Posted November 24th, 2009 by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Too often lost in the debate over health care reform is the importance of preventive measures such as exercise and healthy eating to ensure that a doctor’s visit is less likely to be needed in the first place. This is especially true for children whose early brain development and future health depend on good nutrition [...]
Posted November 18th, 2009 by Sarah Francis
Almost every parent has a story about trying to find childcare or the mad dash to pick your child up on time. But this one really takes the cake:
Sgt. Kimberly D. Munley, mother of two, and a first responder at the scene of the shooting at Fort Hood last week, was shot three times while [...]
Posted November 10th, 2009 by Pamela Murphy
As a mother, I have felt the burden and struggle of raising a family, pursuing a career and making ends meet for a very long time. I am not alone. As a nation we must step down off our “family values” soapbox; listen to mothers; and get real about creating and enforcing sustainable and effective policies that support the importance of the family unit. Then and only then will true enlightenment be attained.
Posted October 30th, 2009 by Nanette Fondas
I’ve been on a one-woman campaign to resurrect the phrase, paycheck job, used by Betty Friedan in The Feminine Mystique forty years ago.
Friedan was referring, of course, to jobs outside the home for which people receive money. She recognized that the unpaid job of caring for children and home was also “work”—as do most people [...]
Posted October 30th, 2009 by Sharon Meers
Why is it so hard to tell our bosses we have to leave for family reasons? What if all the dads where we worked did it more often? Leaders like Valerie Jarrett show that being committed to your kids and your job are not mutually exclusive — and employers win when they recognize that. Maria Shriver’s report A Women’s Nation offers fresh ideas for opening up more common-sense conversation – like adopting UK “right to request” rules that allow parents to get some control over their hours and still produce great results for their employers.
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