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10 Ways to Raise a Grateful Kid - Help Your Thanksgiving Last Throughout the Year

November 23, 2010
About a week before Thanksgiving until New Year’s, like many I brace myself for long searches for a parking space at the grocery store and strategic queuing at the check-out line; I try to shop enough at one store to earn the frozen turkey give-away, and scramble to find that great stuffing recipe...
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Homa Tavangar
Open Flexible Work Childcare & Early Education

It's About Time

November 23, 2010
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Your (Wo)man in Washington Guest Post - by Mindy Fried I came across this essay by sociologist Mindy Fried about the lack of paid family leave in the US versus how common it is around the...
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Environmental Health

Just when you thought it was safe to go back down the toy aisle...

November 23, 2010
Toys "R" Us - you've been very naughty these past few years. We were esctatic back in 2008 when Toys R Us pledged to reduce the use of PVC and offer more PVC-free products. Unfortunately they haven't kept their word. That's why we and the Teamsters Office of Consumer Affairs have released a new...
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Mike Schade

What if every boss knew...

November 22, 2010
Hey, we hit it big time in the mainstream media! USA Today just published an op-ed by MomsRising’s own Joan Blades that links business success with issues near and dear to us: Fair pay, workplace flexibility, and respect for the lives and ambitions of all workers. The op-ed covers the growing body...
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Boost the bottom line: Invest in people

November 22, 2010
As the economy slowly recovers, it's no secret that companies would like to boost productivity and profits. Many think the best way to do so is to slash costs. As an entrepreneur and business owner, though, I'd like to suggest another idea: Pay your employees more. That's not as crazy as it sounds...
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Joan Blades

A Date Certain for Food Safety

November 22, 2010
Monday, November 29 is our last best hope for the Senate to pass food safety reform. That’s something I hope we can be thankful for next week. Part of the point of Thanksgiving is to appreciate the incredible bounty of foods we enjoy and often take for granted. Imagine what the Pilgrims who landed...
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Mike Jacobson
Open Flexible Work

The Great Labor Sale: Moms, 25% Off!

November 19, 2010
As you may have heard, women still make only 77 cents on every dollar a man earns, and in recent years, progress on closing the pay gap has nearly ground to a halt. On Wednesday, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which was supposed to right this wrong, was defeated on the Senate floor . I’ll try not to...
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Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

Let’s Not Leave Workers in the Cold this Holiday Season

November 19, 2010
Earlier this year I was helping out with the census. I was working late night shifts, early morning shifts, all kinds of shifts and was blown away by the people that were there working on the census with me. I was doing the job because I wanted to make sure that I was helping with the process. The...
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Kety Esquivel
Environmental Health

What We Talk About When We Talk About Green Bean Casserole

November 19, 2010
Picture it: Thanksgiving, circa 1990. The table filled the entire room and overflowed with guests, so many that looking back all I remember is a blur of noise and food and endless pies. But in that blur, one thing stands out: green bean casserole. The white ceramic crock, crisp and brown on top...
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Claire Moshenberg

A Mystical Journey to Freedom - Without a Camel

November 18, 2010
With the convergence this week of International Education Week , the Summit for Citizen Diplomacy and the Eid holiday, I wanted to share the following review with readers of MomsRising. I paused when I saw the title of Roya Movafegh's first book, The People With No Camel . The grammar, the possible...
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