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Closing the gender gap- four ideas that make sharing easier

February 7, 2010
At 2AM last Friday, Roseanne Roseannadanna (1) was keeping me company. My head kept trying to sooth itself with her famous SNL mantra: “If it’s not one thing, it’s another“ followed by her wonderful laundry lists of foul items. Mine: fluids of many sorts -- gallons of liquid from our burst water...
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Sharon Meers

Never Enough Hours In The Day

February 7, 2010
I just finished reading "Equally Shared Parenting: Half the Work....All the Fun" by Marc and Amy Vachon, and I really enjoyed it, in large part because they say so many of the same things as Sharon and I. I especially love the fact that the book was written by a couple, and they seem so confident...
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Sharon Meers
Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages

Compensation for Parents

February 7, 2010
Most parents are overwhelmed when first entering into parenthood. This can cause emotional frustration and financial worry. To relieve this emotional burden, all parents should receive paid maternity and paternity leave for the first two years of their children’s lives . By providing this...
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Janna Waldher
Health Care

Football on the Brain

February 6, 2010
The first step to any recovery is admitting there is a problem. Now what are we going to do about it? In just one year, the National Football League (NFL) went from a complete denial of any link between concussions and long-lasting effects on the brain to a solid “maybe.” It literally took an act...
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Linda Sanchez
Environmental Health

When it comes to chemicals, "safe until proven harmful" isn't good enough for my baby and me

February 5, 2010
Originally Posted on the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Blog When I first considered testifying before today's Senate hearings on public exposures to toxic chemicals , I wasn’t sure if I could handle the drastic disruption to my life. It meant taking several days off work and flying from Seattle...
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Molly Gray
Environmental Health

Memo to Congress: Toxic chemicals wreak havoc on developing minds

February 5, 2010
The Mind, Disrupted project found toxins in the bodies of those with learning and developmental disabilities. Senators got an ear-full this week from advocates calling for laws to protect children from dangerous chemicals.
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Kristin Schafer
Environmental Health

Children Need Bedtime Stories, Parents Need a Wake-Up Story: Are You Awake?

February 4, 2010
A must-see video for anyone who cares about the health and development of children.
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Janelle Sorensen

Elizabeth Warren's Letter To You- It’s Time for Moms to Take on Wall Street

February 4, 2010
Moms, The economic crisis we are in started one household at a time, with lenders who figured out that they could trick families with credit products that no one could read and that prevent any basic comparison shopping. And now the crisis is taking down American families, one household at a time,...
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Elizabeth Warren
Environmental Health Health Care Food!

Plenty of talk, not enough action

February 4, 2010
There has been a lot of food safety news and food safety talk recently, but very little meaningful action has taken place to protect consumers. Awareness of food safety is important and we appreciate it, but if no action takes place then its value is lost. Recently, we wrote about the anniversary...
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Donna Rosenbaum

Children's Health Program Helps Families Through Tough Times

February 4, 2010
In the past year, while private insurance has become less available and more expensive and families faced the most difficult economic times since the Great Depression, the renewed CHIP program and Medicaid have offered a vital lifeline to America's children. Thanks to the strong resolve of national and state leaders, many of our children have been sheltered from this economic storm.
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Jocelyn Guyer

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