By Jackie Krasas After a divorce, most people assume that children reside primarily with mothers. However, census data tell us that there are at least 2.5 million households run by single fathers. For most of these fathers, there is a noncustodial mother (NCM). Not that we would know it. NCMs are more than a little [...]
March is women’s history month and I wanted to share a few tidbits of women’s history that are even less commonly known than most, and history that is still impacting the lives of women and mothers today. Did you know that… When the Social Security act was adopted in the late 1930′s, the Council that [...]
Happy second birthday, health care reform! This week is the two year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Over the past two years, millions of families have been helped by health care reform, and when new provisions kick in 2014, millions more will have access to crucial health care coverage for themselves and their [...]
Great news: Nontoxic baby care products don’t have to be expensive! Organic, nontoxic, or even fragrance free items for our little ones can veer towards the pricey side. Luckily, there are easy, affordable DIY solutions for many commonly used baby care products. Here are our top 5 DIY nontoxic baby care products (Not up for [...]
Welcome to Wellness Wednesdays! Join us on the MomsRising blog every Wednesday for tips, expert advice, and the latest news on wellness related issues, including: Breastfeeding Health care Paid Sick Days …and so much more! It’s going to be great: Look how happy this baby is about it! This week, we’re taking a closer look [...]
Today’s mothers and fathers have an uphill battle. Here we are struggling to share parenting and employment in a world that still expects us to be in traditional family roles, and a government institution comes along to tell us that when dad takes care of the kids it’s “babysitting”, but when mothers do it, well, [...]
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Mothers have a genius for on-the-spot problem solving. Sizing up a looming crisis in a nanosecond, we flip through our mental list of optional responses, then implement, discard, and substitute possible solutions until the crisis is resolved and order restored. Every single day mothers meet [...]
I’ve always had what seemed to me to be a healthy mistrust of the outside world. I grew up in New York City in the 1970’s, an era often thought of as “Woody Allen’s New York”, where neurosis reigned supreme and everything was the color brown. Through therapy, philosophy studies and meditation, I’ve been working [...]
Today I discovered the most amazing game I can play with my two-year-old son. It’s called “Me Fall Down Too” and here’s how it goes. My son throws himself down on the floor and says “Me fall down!” Then I throw myself down on the floor and I say “Me fall down too!” And here’s [...]
We all know that moms make great elected leaders, but now hear it from those who know first-hand: Women make up 17 percent of Congress and 24 percent of state legislatures. That puts the US at 69th in the world in the number of women in elected office. The 2012 Project is a national campaign [...]
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