M: Maternity & Paternity Leave
Posted June 24th, 2010 by Mary Olivella
The American Academy of Pediatrics’ prestigious journal, Pediatrics, recently released a cost analysis on breastfeeding. The bottom line: The United States could save $13 billion annually if 90 percent of families were able to comply with medical recommendations to breastfeed exclusively for six months. This could also prevent over 900 infant deaths in our nation, for which [...]
Posted June 17th, 2010 by Erin Cutraro
As the first-time mother of an 8-month-old, I’m often concerned with making the world better for my daughter as she grows up. But every day, I also realize that I’m not in this struggle alone. Not only are there millions of moms out there trying to figure out how to balance work, a personal life, [...]
Posted June 15th, 2010 by Katrina Alcorn
Studies show today’s fathers are doing significantly more child care and housework than their fathers did. Here’s my question: Are these dads just folding more laundry, or are they also taking responsibility for the complicated logistics of family life? And here’s my other question: Do heterosexual couples divide up chores differently than gay and lesbian [...]
Posted June 2nd, 2010 by Katrina Alcorn
Working mothers are not crackheads. Having children is not just another lifestyle choice. If we want to keep this little human experiment going, then we need a sizable chunk of the population to keep having children.
Posted May 11th, 2010 by Katrina Alcorn
I can’t think of a better way to say this. I had a truly crappy Mother’s Day this year. I think Anna Jarvis would understand. Inspired by her own mother’s life, she started a campaign in 1907 to recognize mothers for their contribution to society. She was successful in making Mother’s Day a national holiday, [...]
Posted May 7th, 2010 by Erin Cutraro
As the Vice President and Political Director of the Women’s Campaign Forum (WCF), I’m obviously a believer in electing more women to public office. However, as a first-time mother with a 7 month-old baby girl, my commitment to increasing women’s political leadership has never been stronger. Sure, I knew before having my daughter that women [...]
Posted April 13th, 2010 by Katie Bethell
“If we got even two calls from our constituents about this letter, that would make a huge impression on the Senator,” a Senate staff person recently told us. She was referring to a letter circulating in the halls of the Senate that, if only a handful of Senators sign it, could have broad reaching and [...]
Posted April 6th, 2010 by Netsy Firestein
The White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility has generated an energetic buzz in work family advocacy circles across the nation. As a longtime advocate for family friendly workplaces, I am thrilled by First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama’s keen interest and commitment to build and promote flexible workplaces. I also commend the many [...]
Posted April 1st, 2010 by Katie Bethell
“Many folks don’t have access to any kind of family leave policies whatsoever, no flexible working arrangements, many people don’t even have a paid sick day. So they are struggling…scrambling to make things work…As we all know, here today, it just doesn’t have to be that way. It doesn’t have to be that hard…” Sound [...]
Posted March 30th, 2010 by Janet Walsh
Parental leave with pay when a child is born or adopted is an important support for working families, yet most US private sector workers do not have this benefit. Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org), a nongovernmental human rights group, is interviewing parents in the US about their experiences with unpaid maternity and paternity leave, and the [...]
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