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Ditching the Guilt As a First Step to Having it All

Jeanne Garbarino | Posted 04.25.2013 | Parents
Jeanne Garbarino

Let's ditch the guilt on the career front and the home front and live now without regret or apology for a job not only well done, but a life well-balanced.

Welcome To Filterhood

Ryan Johnson | Posted 04.14.2013 | Parents
Ryan Johnson

Welcome to modern fatherhood, where changing dirty diapers is the least of your concerns. You are up for a battle against media -- a Daddy David against a media Goliath that is not only funnier but a whole lot cooler.

Women As Breadwinners: Are We Still Wrestling with Roles in 2013?

Women & Co | Posted 04.02.2013 | Women
Women & Co

Women breadwinners: Do you love it, like it or resent it? It's 2013 and still, women aren't sure what the price is for pursuing a career and a family.

Give Yourself a Promotion: Why Moms Are the New Family CEO

Jennifer Owens | Posted 03.17.2013 | Parents
Jennifer Owens

I am in favor of all moms becoming not only financially savvy, but financially strategic about the budget and investment goals they have for themselves and their families.

A Letter to My Daughter on Balancing Work and Life

Judy Bolton-Fasman | Posted 03.13.2013 | Women
Judy Bolton-Fasman

Having a profession will present you with a unique set of challenges that men don't encounter. We are socialized to be the family's primary caregiver; men are ingrained to be the breadwinner. It's changing, but it's changing too slowly.

I Am a Hip-Hop Artist Dad

Sapient | Posted 03.10.2013 | Parents
Sapient

I am Sapient, I am a hip-hop artist, and I am also an advocate for natural childbirth, breastfeeding and attachment parenting. And yeah, breastfeeding isn't exactly hip-hop.

Awkward Wallets: When You Make More Than He Does

Women & Co | Posted 01.07.2013 | Women
Women & Co

In an article in The Wall Street Journal, Susan Gregory Thomas cites the Bureau of Labor Statistics when she writes that 40 percent of American women are the breadwinners for their families. Are you an alpha wife? Here are some tips:

Dads: The New Moms

Marian Salzman | Posted 02.16.2013 | Parents
Marian Salzman

The growing ranks of devoted and capable dads are likely to find their new role liberating. Watch for the rise of child-oriented masculinity challenging program makers, brands and advertisers to reflect the essence of this emerging new reality.

How to Repair the Gender Pay Gap? Teach Negotiation Skills in College

Rachel Simmons | Posted 01.08.2013 | Women
Rachel Simmons

Undergraduate institutions should teach women to navigate society's mixed messages, to advocate for themselves and to take risks.

Why Men Can’t Have It All

Keith Richman | Posted 12.25.2012 | Women
Keith Richman

Most of the men I know feel like they are torn daily in many directions. If that sounds familiar, it is because women have felt this way for decades.

Back Off, Stay-at-Home Dads

Amy Wruble | Posted 12.25.2012 | Parents
Amy Wruble

Sometimes when I see stay-at-home dads being all competent and relaxed, hoisting their toddlers with one hand while making realistic elephant sounds, I feel a little threatened.

Caregiving: Not Just for Women Anymore

Nancy Wurtzel | Posted 12.17.2012 | Fifty
Nancy Wurtzel

When I conjure an image of a caregiver, I picture a woman. I know I'm being sexist but I always think of a female. Why?

How Out-Earning My Husband Is Ruining My Marriage

LearnVest | Posted 11.29.2012 | Weddings
LearnVest

The idea of a wife being the primary or sole breadwinner is a relatively new one (though a new study shows that over half of American women are household breadwinners), but speaking as that sole earner: I don't like it.

Got Gender Shock? How to Get Over The End of Men

Vincent O'Keefe | Posted 11.17.2012 | Women
Vincent O'Keefe

Does a stay-at-home dad volunteering at your children's school "startle" you? How about a female CEO? A male nurse? A female rugby player?

Wearing the Pants: What it Means to Be the Breadwinner

Heidi Sinclair | Posted 05.21.2012 | Women
Heidi Sinclair

It is hard to be a woman who not only wins all the bread, but also must bake it.

The End of Men Is Greatly Exaggerated

Ken Solin | Posted 02.13.2012 | Fifty
Ken Solin

If you believe what you hear and see in print, online, and on television, the obituary of manhood has already been written. Men have never appeared more lame, helpless, and absolutely unnecessary. It's as if half the population is on a permanent lunch break. But the demise of men is a myth, fabricated solely to denigrate men by elevating women.

Does It Matter If The Wife Is The Breadwinner?

Slate | By Hanna Rosin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

By Hanna Rosin Slate When my husband and I got married I was making more money than he was. We both had steady journalism jobs but I was also writing...