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Let's Get Rid of 'Mommy and Me'

September 14, 2010
When it comes to childcare, it really is up to women to allow men into what has previously been their domain and a great place to start is to get rid of the moniker "Mommy and Me."
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Dana Glazer
Health Care

Question of the Week: Can my 22 year old daughter enroll in my employer based insurance?

September 13, 2010
I have a 22-year-old daughter without health insurance. She is a part-time college student and works for an employer who does not offer health insurance. I work full time at a hospital and have coverage through my employer, and my employer also offers dependent coverage. I've heard that with the...
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Claire McAndrew
Open Flexible Work Childcare & Early Education

Rethinking Work, Family and Men

September 13, 2010
A grandfather who worked for a large retailer was ordered to work mandatory overtime. He refused: he had to get home to care for his grandchild so his son, who had custody, could get to work. Father and son worked different shifts so each could care for the child while the other was at work. The...
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Joan C. Williams

Women Hitting the Wall

September 13, 2010
Study findings released on September 1st claimed that women’s median earnings are higher than men’s in 147 out of 150 American communities. The claim comes with a few caveats, including the fact that the difference is all of 8 percent, and only holds for unmarried, childless women under 30. By...
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Robert Drago

Raising the Retirement Age Is Cutting Benefits by the Back Door

September 13, 2010
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Everybody in Washington is obsessed with the deficit. It's a serious issue with far reaching implications, to be sure. One of the ideas being batted about is that raising the retirement age...
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Valerie Young
Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

Work-Family Policies Must Include Grandparents

September 12, 2010
Grandparents are the glue that holds many families together—yet our workplace laws don’t honor their critical role. Grandparents play a more vital role than ever in building strong families and caring for our nation’s children. In addition to providing emotional and financial support, millions of...
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Vicki Shabo
Health Care

Will A Child You Know Be Sidelined This Year?

September 10, 2010
It's back to school time, but unfortunately, that doesn't necessarily mean back to sports for every child who wants to play on a team. Each year, many children who want to participate in school or community sports can't play. They're sidelined from sports because they don't have health insurance,...
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Donna Norton
Childcare & Early Education

New Latino Voter Poll Shows Early Learning is a Winning Issue

September 9, 2010
I am tired of political candidates who want to win the “Latino vote” without actually investing any time or energy into addressing the concerns of the Latino community. As a mixed race woman, I’m concerned about any candidate who sees the needs of California and the needs of California’s Latino...
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Ana Rasquiza
Environmental Health Health Care

5 Easy Steps to Create a Healthy Home

September 9, 2010
Our children are facing an historically unprecedented rise in chronic disease and illness such as cancer, autism, asthma, birth defects, and learning and developmental disabilities. Credible scientific evidence increasingly points to chemicals used in everyday products, building materials, and...
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Janelle Sorensen
Open Flexible Work Blog Carnivals

Not all moms want to work less

September 9, 2010
In the months before my first son was born in 2007, I contemplated many things. One big one: how does “maternity leave” work when you’re self-employed? After talking with a number of self-employed moms, I came to the conclusion (as I wrote about in a HuffPo piece: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
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Laura Vanderkam

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