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Raising Kids Who Care

September 25, 2012
It was one of those mornings when I was in a hurry, but the universe had other plans. I sat my groggy four-year old down with a buttered bagel so I could rush to get ready while she ate, but when I came running back to her, I saw that she had placed a favorite coffee-table book in front of her and...
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Homa Tavangar
Open Flexible Work

HLN Featuring Mompreneurs

September 25, 2012
Today, on Making It In America , Vinnie Politan will feature Holly Reisem Hanna who is a mom entrepreneur committed to helping other women successfully start their own businesses. Her book, The Work at Home Woman is a site dedicated to mom entrepreneurs. The show airs today at 4 p.m. Eastern...
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Wilhelmina Jewell Sparks
Open Flexible Work

Comcast Worker's Story Reminds Us of Why We're Here

September 25, 2012
You’ve heard of Reddit, right? It’s a social link sharing site with a very active user base, and it’s called the front page of the internet. On Reddit, they do this thing called “AMA” (ask me anything) where users will post their occupation and answer any question they’re asked from other users...
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Jody Thompson
Open Flexible Work

The Best Anti-Poverty Program? Effective Scheduling of Hourly Workers

September 21, 2012
Susan Lambert , Associate Professor at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration and the author of a much-discussed op-ed in yesterday's New York Times , once told me that she gets a lot of grief. "You study what," say her social work friends. "Scheduling?" I am happy...
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Joan C. Williams
Immigration

Deporting Loving Moms Hurts Us All

September 21, 2012
My three daughters are asleep in their rooms as I write this. I was fortunate to eat dinner with them, help them with their homework, and read them a bedtime story this evening. But many immigrant mothers in the US are being cruelly and forcefully torn away from their children. As a mom, I am...
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Shamasunder Reshma

Just Label It: We Have the Right to Know

September 21, 2012
With my family getting back into the rhythm of another school year, I’m reminded of the constant challenge that parents face this time of year of providing our children with healthy meals throughout the day. From preparing breakfast and lunches each morning to after school snacks and dinner around...
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Robyn O'Brien

Making the School Day Healthier -- Dads Weigh In At a MomsRising Blog Carnival!

September 21, 2012
As a dad and director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Childhood Obesity team, I’m pleased to introduce the dad bloggers of the MomsRising "Making the School Day Healthier" blog carnival. Childhood obesity is a serious issue in our country. With approximately 23 million children and...
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Dr. Dwayne C. Proctor
Childcare & Early Education Open Flexible Work

Eat, Read, Sleep

September 20, 2012
Back-to-school night: With four kids, I’ve attended a few. Last night the Principal at my children’s grade school delivered an opening message worth memorizing: Eat, read, sleep. Families today are busy! It sounds trite, but it’s true. With 24/7 connectivity, a recession, and a global economy, most...
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Nanette Fondas
Health Care

HPV Vaccine

September 20, 2012
If there were an easy way to prevent cancer, you’d predict that people would run in droves to take advantage of it. That’s why people should be rushing to take advantage of the cancer-preventing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. The HPV vaccine helps protect against the infection that can cause...
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Leslie Kantor
Paid Family Leave

You Can Ignore It, But It WON’T Go Away

September 20, 2012
I suspect that one reason the U.S. has made so little progress towards pro-caregiver policies is that women figure once the children grow up and go to school, the work/family conundrum will sort itself out. We may have a few rough years of living on just one income, or being uncomfortably stretched...
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Valerie Young

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