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Beyond The Minivan: Women And Care Arrangements

Sheila Lirio Marcelo | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Worklife, Child Care, Dads, Working Mothers, Senior Care, Stay-at-Home Moms, Parenting, Moms, Stay at Home Mothers, Women's Rights, Relationships, The Balanced Life, Shriver Report, Living News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo

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.

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Michigan Versus Care Co-ops

Sheila Lirio Marcelo | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Relationships, Sheila Marcelo, Lisa Snyder, Parenting, Michigan, Child Care, Parenting Advice, care.com, Living News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo

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...

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The Happiness Doctrine

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Jim McDermott, House Ways and Means Committee, Children's Health, Children, Foster Care, Education, Congress, Child Care, Happiness, Living News
Daniel Heimpel

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.

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Help! I Live In Sweden, and I Am Addicted to Socialism

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Saab, Depression, Wall-E, Mitch McConnell, Rush Limbaugh, Matrix, Gas Tax, Addiction, Stockholm, Capitalism, Daycare, Daily Show, Child Care, Bailout, Sean Hannity, Jim Bunning, Kentucky, Socialism, Mcmansions, World War II, Wyatt Cenac, Health Care, Bill O'Reilly, Sweden, Politics News
Nathan Hegedus

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."

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Mommy Vs. The Suction Bulb

Meredith Lopez | Posted 04.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Infant Care, Motherhood, Suction Bulbs, New York City Winter, Sniffles, Boogers, Baby's Colds, Boogies, Children's-Colds, Infant-Care, Snot, Child-Care, Congestion, Colds, Health, Suction-Bulb, Style News
Meredith Lopez

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.

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Ten Ways to Find Your Children More Likeable (And to Be More Likeable to Your Children)

Sarah Trillin | Posted 01.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Chores, Child Care, Parenting Tips, Kids, Children, Parenting, Family, Manners, Advice, Living News
Sarah Trillin

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.

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Peaceful Revolution: What Women Wish Gwen Ifill Could Have Asked

Ellen Bravo | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Vice Presidential Debate, Child Care, Women Voters, Gwen Ifill, Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, Paid Family Leave, Living News
Ellen Bravo

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.

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It's Time For Palin To Explain It All

Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Couric, Women, Vice President, Roe v Wade, Alaska, Debate, Obama Sex Education, Joe Biden Vice President, Joe Biden, Policy, Privacy, Gibson, Sarah Palin, Special Needs, Sex Education, Palin Policy, Child Care, Voters, Palin, Health Care, Family, Home News
Susan Kelley-Stamerra

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.

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Ask a Working Woman

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 05.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Foreclosures, Retirement Security, Labor, Maternity Leave, Child Care, Working America, Economy, Working Women, Wage Gap, Afl-Cio, Unions, Health Care, Mothers, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Living News
Arlene Holt Baker

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.

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