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Balance is Impossible?

May 11, 2010
"A balanced life is often ridiculed as impossible--a goal that many have abandoned because it makes us mere mortals feel bad when we can't achieve it." This is the opening line from chapter 3 in our book, Equally Shared Parenting . It is an acknowledgement to the common media perspective that the...
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Marc and Amy Vachon

Over a million moms received the Mother of the Decade award - did yours?

May 10, 2010
Yesterday, moms across the country awoke to hugs, brunch, and fabulous kid-made art projects. But did they receive their Mother of the Decade award? We've got one lined up just for the special mom in your life, just in case she didn't see it yesterday: http://news.cnnbcvideo.com It's still free and...
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Anita Sarah Jackson
Environmental Health

Corporate Innovation and Eliminating Toxic Chemcials

May 10, 2010
Government is here to do the things we can’t do for ourselves, like provide resources and mechanisms to clean up a gigantic oil spill or maintain traffic lights. In order to continue to flourish as a functional society, we need to prevent economic and environmental disasters from occurring in the first place and not simply continue to spend resources and money mitigating the impacts of their aftermath.
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Renee Blanchard
Environmental Health Health Care

ANTIBACTERIALS = ANTI HEALTH

May 9, 2010
In our natural instinct to protect our children, we sometimes (often?) get waylaid by products that end up doing more harm than good, but make a nice profit for the manufacturer. A chemical called triclosan is a case in point. It’s supposed to vanquish “germs,” that is, bacteria or microbes. You’ll...
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Alice Shabecoff

Why Swords Are Good For Boys- And Girls Too

May 8, 2010
Yesterday, I got a message at work from my third child's nursery school: "Your son is making play weapons at school - light sabers, swords and shields. These are not appropriate for nursery school play. Please work with him to understand that these are not ok toys." This is my third child, and...
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Sharon Meers

Mother’s Day: Caffeinated Mom Power

May 8, 2010
Coffee. Good or bad, the Mother's Day theme this year seems to be coffee. Yesterday, I asked my eleven-year-old daughter what she thought moms needed for Mother's Day. She replied, "Moms need two things: 1-Coffee, and, 2-A day for themselves." I couldn't help but ask, "Why coffee?" Her answer: "...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

A Modest Proposal: Breaking The Mothers' Union And Job Sharing

May 8, 2010
Mothers’ day is a good time to think about the job itself. I propose moms institute a job-sharing program starting immediately—right after Mothers’ Day. The ideal candidates for this job share: your life-partners and children. While it’s true that mothering is remarkably rewarding occupation, the...
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Amy Cross
Food!

Lessons From My Mother

May 8, 2010
The most important lesson my mother taught me was that by believing in myself I could handle anything. The confidence she instilled in me has propelled me through my whole career and helped me through many personal and professional challenges. On this Mothers' Day, I salute the mothers of...
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US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
MomsRising Politics & Policy

UPDATE: Mother of the Decade Video has MOMentum!

May 8, 2010
MomsRising's Mother of the Decade video has now been sent to over a million folks and has received many hundreds of thousands of views. Our blog carnival currently features blog post after blog post with the video: http://www.momsrising.org/blog/2010-mother-of-the-decade-blog-carnival/ Mother's Day...
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Anita Sarah Jackson
Paid Family Leave

Moms: We need more women in government!

May 7, 2010
As the Vice President and Political Director of the Women's Campaign Forum (WCF), I'm obviously a believer in electing more women to public office. However, as a first-time mother with a 7 month-old baby girl, my commitment to increasing women's political leadership has never been stronger. Sure, I...
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Erin Cutraro

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