Beyond The Minivan: Women And Care Arrangements
Working moms, once unheard of, have become a cultural norm. Yet we're still mostly trying to find a balance in our home lives when it comes to making care arrangements.
Working moms, once unheard of, have become a cultural norm. Yet we're still mostly trying to find a balance in our home lives when it comes to making care arrangements.
Sheila Lirio Marcelo | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living
Lisa Snyder thought she was just doing a good deed. Every weekday morning, Lisa has helped three nearby families by watching their children before the bus arrives to whisk the kids off to school...
Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living
A new law is an amalgam of many of the best thoughts to be found in the foster care advocacy community and hinges on a common-sense yet revolutionary idea: that happiness is just as important as safety.
Nathan Hegedus | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics
Reminded of what America stands for -- a nation of pure individuals -- I admit I fell prey to "socialism" after all those years as a "liberal."
Meredith Lopez | Posted 04.11.2009 | Style
It is impossible to use the suction bulb correctly on your own baby without feeling like some sort of Medieval Grand Inquisitor. He's his father's son, stoic even under the most cruel and unusual torture. I, meanwhile, fight tears and the urge to self-flagellate when this is all over.
Sarah Trillin | Posted 01.19.2009 | Living
My office is filling up once again with parents complaining about what awful children they have. So many parents feel that their children are rude, lazy, high maintenance, and just not very much fun to be around.
Ellen Bravo | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living
I work with eleven statewide coalitions representing a million people, all fighting for policies that value families at work. Here are some questions we wish Gwen Ifill had been allowed to ask.
Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home
Palin respects the family - if it's her family. If it is your family, no such protection is necessary. You will be urged to find home-based child care rather than using the care facility at your workplace, near your school, or with early childhood development professionals.
Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 05.29.2008 | Living
A majority of women say they're worried about such fundamental economic issues as paying for health care, not having retirement security, and pay not keeping up with the cost of living.
Sheila Lirio Marcelo | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living