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t's difficult explaining to Europeans how a nation that claims to honor "family values" does not have policies that honor the family. Mother's Day should be a call for action.
Conservatives may indeed be right -- same-sex marriage has the power to take marriage and spin it on its head. And that should be something all hetero husbands, wives and would-be spouses should celebrate.
You matter. Your children may be the center of your universe, but it doesn't mean that you have to disappear to give them everything they need.
I'm not talking about the "feminization" of men, where men simply swap roles with women, putting on aprons while we don suits. What's happening isn't role reversal: It's role reinvention.
All other parents seem like they have it under control. Know what they are doing. Are even -- dare you say it -- better at this parenting thing than you are. I'm going to save you some wondering: They are.
Today's parents have an uphill battle. We're struggling to share parenting and employment roles but the government tells us that when dad takes care of the kids it's a childcare arrangement, but when moms do it, it's just what moms do.
In light of all the worrying I do, any news about the benefits of using childcare makes me feel warm and fuzzy. And, this week, an article brought up a whole new argument in favor.
I am hoping that what you want for your children is for them to be healthy, happy, kind and self-sufficient adults. To make this happen, we need to get over ourselves and let our kids be kids.
In December, the majority of Americans spend a great deal of time and energy preparing for a holiday that celebrates the birth of a child. Given this focus, this seems like an excellent time to ask how America's children are faring.
Our mobile phones could just link us to the personalised information, support and guidance we need as parents to help us raise our children to be conf...
At a party last week, a couple told us a "funny" parenting story. They were staying in Paris, and decided to leave their 1-year-old asleep in his Pack 'n Play, and get a drink at a place nearby. No need for a babysitter.
My boss and I were both stopped in our tracks by a pair of assumptions common in many workplaces.
Even the best elementary ed is bound to fail kids who enter kindergarten completely unprepared. A good, affordable childcare system would provide the educational fix, and such childcare is also a jobs engine.
The U.S. is one of just four countries in the world that have no federal law for paid maternity leave at all. The others are Liberia, Papua New Guinea and Swaziland. I'm not at all sure you could say that it's a brilliant strategy for growth.
Caring for others and being cared for is a part of every human being's life. Equality and economics now require women and men to share that responsibility.
In the battle between well-intentioned policies and the unwritten rules of any workplace, unwritten rules win every time.
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