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Great news for stay-at-home parents!

September 27, 2012
Great news! Remember the credit card fiasco which unintentionally prevented stay-at-home parents from getting credit cards? (I wish I didn't!) Last week in his testimony before Congress, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray indicated that the CFPB would soon issue...
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Ashley Boyd
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Single women’s votes can determine the election outcome

September 27, 2012
The votes of unmarried women can determine the outcome of this election. The gender gap is real. Since 1980 a higher percentage of women than men have been voting for a given candidate, and they have tended to vote in higher percentages for Democrats. But that’s not the whole story. There is even a...
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Governor Madeleine Kunin

The Best Age

September 27, 2012
My friend and I were talking recently about what we would consider to be the best kid age. Now, I have a 6, 2, and 1-year-old so I’ve been through many of the early childhood stages at least once. And yet, I’m still at a loss for what I’d consider my favorite. Let’s do a little recap, shall we?
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CT Working Moms
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Member Voices: Invisible Privilege

September 26, 2012
My mother tells me that our family is distantly related, through her father's side, to Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, brothers famous for collecting and publishing fairytales that Disney later made even more famous. One of their lesser-known stories has been on my mind lately, mainly because I think it's...
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Kelly Singleton Dalton
Childcare & Early Education

U.S. Educational Outcomes Improved Despite Our Economic Woes

September 26, 2012
Headlines about the “crisis in education” might lead you to believe otherwise but most educational outcomes in the United States have improved over the last decade. High school graduation rates and national math and reading scores for students of all races and incomes are higher than ever. More...
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Laura Speer

Immigrant Mothers -- Living With a Heart Divided

September 26, 2012
This story originally appeared in New America Media . Para español, haga clic aquí . As national media debate whether women can “have it all” – a successful career and a family – one group of women has chosen to provide for their families at all costs, even if it means leaving their kids behind...
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Norma De La Vega

Hangout with Global Food Revolutionaries

September 26, 2012
After the first successful Google+ Hangout last month in which we talked about back-to-school and school food, we are hosting our second Hangout this Thursday, the 27th, which will focus on the global Food Revolution and our fantastic volunteer community ambassadors. This month's Hangout will put a...
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Jamie Oliver
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Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Vote!

September 26, 2012
1. Right now, the birth of a child is a top cause of a "poverty spell" in America, and nearly 1/4 of families with young children are living in poverty. 2. More than 50% of women have delayed seeking medical care due to cost, and one-third of women report forgoing basic necessities to pay for...
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Ashley Boyd
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Are you sure? Really sure?

September 25, 2012
I'm a person who likes to double check – everything. Since becoming a mom, I’m now more of a triple checker. I double and triple check car seat buckles and diaper supplies. I double and triple check schedules with my husband, and I double and triple check if my daughter needs to go to the bathroom...
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Ruth Martin
Health Care Childcare & Early Education

County Fact Sheets Highlight Health of Children of Color

September 25, 2012
We have long known that communities with higher rates of poverty and unsafe school conditions face sizeable barriers to leading healthy, successful lives. To provide data that illustrates the intersection between our surroundings and our health, we developed a new series of fact sheets, Spotlight...
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Ellen Wu

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