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How NOT to Get Your Husband to ‘Help’ Around the House

January 11, 2008
The American public, at least the part consisting of parents, is obsessed with measuring how much housework is done by women versus men. Statistics about men’s increasing involvement at home clog the blogosphere and newspaper columns– followed by discussion of how much MORE women still do. Many women would love to find a way to get more help from their husbands to even the load.
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Marc and Amy Vachon

WANTED: Working Dads Seeking More Family/Work Balance

January 10, 2008
As you may have read from a previous post on Daddy Wars , I believe the sparks of battle are beginning between working dads who want more family/work balance and management. As such, I'm putting on my war correspondent cap and am seeking any working dads who fit this.
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Dana Glazer

The Evo Dad View On Maternal Profiling

January 6, 2008
Reading the stories by so many moms about how they have been discriminated against at the workplace is unsettling at best and horrifying at worst, but it’s not surprising.
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Dana Glazer

Mind the Gap: The Female CEO

January 3, 2008
Although I’m not a fan of trickle-down economic theory I’ve always believed that when women advance into positions of authority in the work world – pay and other conditions for women at those same companies (and in those job sectors) should eventually improve.
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Irma D. Herrera
Family Economic Security

What's Maternal Profiling?

January 1, 2008
Maternal Profiling was recently reported on as one of the new buzzwords of 2007 in the New York Times (and members of MomsRising were credited with introducing this term into our national consciousness!). They defined it as: "Employment discrimination against a woman who has, or will have, children...
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Mary Olivella

Maternal Profiling: A New York Times Buzzword

December 30, 2007
Written by Mary Olivella, Joan Blades, and Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner Every once in a while a word or phrase is introduced into the lexicon that sheds light on a widespread practice which hasn’t yet entered the national consciousness. These phrases take hold because we need them.
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

To War or Not To War

December 16, 2007
There’s been some activity recently in the media revolving around the ‘Daddy Wars’ term and I’ve been hesitant to support it, but the tide for me seems to be turning in my mind.
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Dana Glazer
Environmental Health

Find (and avoid!) Toxic Toys with HealthyToys.org

December 13, 2007
As a mom who happens to be a scientist at an environmental health organization, I got a jump on cleaning the lead-laden toys out of my daughter's toy box.
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Erika Schreder

Getting on the Flexibility Train

December 13, 2007
Exciting news from the US House of Representatives: a bill has been introduced by Senator Edward Kennedy and Representative Carolyn Maloney that mirrors flexibility laws in place in several European countries.
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Marc and Amy Vachon

Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don't

December 10, 2007
Workplace discrimination against women, especially those with any sort of care-giving responsibilities, can be subtle. But sometimes it's so obvious, all you can do is shake your head like Scooby-Doo and say, "RUH??"
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Joanne Bamberger

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