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Shrinking Our Super-Sized Kids: Who's in Charge Here?

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Childhood-Nutrition, Children's Health, Childhood-Diabetes, Childcare, Healthy Diet, Childhood Obesity, Healthy Lifestyle, Gastric-Bypass, Lifestyle Changes, Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

Instead of allowing our children to explore and sample life in the "outside world," we keep them inside, feed them junk food, and use TV as a babysitter.

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The Hangover That Women Can't Shake Off

Christina Patterson | Posted 09.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Pay, Looks, Working Mothers, Pay Gap, Childcare, Long Hours Culture, Living News
Christina Patterson

More than 80 years after women were given the right to vote, we seem more convinced than ever that the chief role of women in our society is adornment.

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What "Never to Say" at a Job Interview

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Taxes, Job Loss, Gm, Mud Wrsteling, Computers, The FBI, Politically Correct Homsexuals, Dmv, Job Interview, Boss, Hate Groups, Childcare, The Elections, Maury Povich, Biracial, Lottery Tickets, Technology, Unemplyment, Comedy News
Francesca Biller-Safran

Do you have any hot looking daughters? My 27 year-old adult soon still lives at home and I'd do anything to marry him off, or at least have him shack up somewhere else.

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It's Legalized Neglect: Low-Income Children at Risk (VIDEO)

Rinku Sen | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Women, Video, Poverty, Race, Children's Health, Children, Childcare, Politics News
Rinku Sen

As our state legislatures struggle with impending budget deficits, American families are going to be presented with a bunch of terrible "choices." Do ...

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Five Simple Ways to Reconnect Your Children with Nature

Margaret Ryan | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Leave No Child Inside, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, Natural Playgrounds, Childcare, Green News
Margaret Ryan

Children don't play the way they used to and they are suffering for it. Some say, nature, or lack of it, is to blame.

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Right Decisions Still Feel Wrong

Kyrina McCormick | Posted 03.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Raising Children, Tough Decisions, Childcare, Reflection, Living News
Kyrina McCormick

Right thinking does not cure a broken heart. And I remain brokenhearted over a very right decision made years ago.

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The Baby and the Bathwater

Meredith Lopez | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Babies, Childcare, Parenting Tips, Kids, Hot Baths, Bathing, Boys, Parenting Advice, Parents, Living News
Meredith Lopez

I started giving him a bath every other day, because he has copious neck folds that are taking over his body and no amount of "a quick clean with a washcloth" does the trick.

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Peaceful Revolution: Investing in Our Human Infrastructure

Riane Eisler | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Green Jobs, Obama Stimulus, Women's Issues, Children, Economy, Creating Jobs, A Peaceful Revolution, Working Women, Infrastructure, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Health Care, Elderly, Women, Baby Boomers, Poverty, National Infrastructure, Economic Crisis, Elderly Americans, Stimulus, Investing, Early Education, Green Infrastructure, Obama Working Women, Women's Health, Childcare, Economic Stimulus, Children's Health, Healthcare, Politics News
Riane Eisler

The Real Wealth of our Nation is Its People Over half a million people lost their jobs last month. There's no question we need a job-creation plan. T...

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What About Welfare?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, Women, Unemployment, Poverty, Economic Stimulus Package, President Obama, Taxes, Women's Rights, Earned Income Tax Credit, Food Stamps, Women's Issues, Low-Income, Welfare Reform, Women Childcare, Children, Money, Barack Obama Taxes, Jobs, Low-Income Children, 1990s, Income Tax, 1980s, Kids, Childcare, Tax Cuts, Poor, Head Start, Working Families, Families, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

The present plan includes tax cuts that will benefit even those too poor to pay taxes, and includes $4 billion for child care services for low-income families.

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Peaceful Revolution: Childcare and Construction

Robert Drago | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karen Shellenback, National Infrastructure, Economic Crisis, Childcare Jobs, Green Energy, Pink Policy, Construction Workers Wages, Momsrising, Obama Economic Recovery Plan, Barbara Bergmann, Nancy Folbre, Green Infrastructure, Platform for Progress, Randy Albelda, Julie Matthaei, Childcare, Direct Care Alliance, Childcare Workers Wages, Construction Workers, Shawn Fremstad, Economic Recovery, Education Reform, Teachers, Ipetition, Green Energy Economy, Green Policy, Peri, Nwlc, Politics News
Robert Drago

We need to spend federal money now to help jump-start employment and incomes, but once we are spending money, we should devote it to something worthwhile.

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Family, Meet the New Recession (Same As the Old Recession?)

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 01.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Unemployment, Divorce, Childcare, Recession, Family, Gender, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

Despite the considerable ink spilled over cultural shifts, nothing changes gendered behavior like economic necessity. During the '91 recession, more husbands were primary childcare providers.

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Childcare as Infrastructure: Minting the Common Wealth

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 01.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Infrastructure, Women's Work, National Childcare Network, French Childcare, Economy, Financial Crisis, Economic Recovery, Childcare, Obama, Barack Obama, Jobs Creation, Elder Care, Family Friendliness, Health Care, Culture of Care, Politics, Breaking News, Living, Home News
Elizabeth Gregory

While Obama aims to fund traditional infrastructure-maintenance work, in the big picture, good, affordable childcare shores up infrastructure of an even more essential kind, our citizens.

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Dear Almost President-Elect Obama

Deborah Copaken Kogan | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Google, France, Subsidized Childcare, San Jose, Cabinet, Cost of Childcare, Childcare, Babysitter, Obama, Barack Obama, New York, Tinkertoy, Living News
Deborah Copaken Kogan

We need government-subsidized daycare. We're one of the only industrialized nations in the world that doesn't meet this most basic need for its working families.

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Why Teen Mothers Like Jamie Lynn Spears Keep Getting Shocked Up By The Media.

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 11.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Teenage Pregnancy, Jamie Lynn Spears, Jamie Lynn Spears Pregnant, Angelina Jolie Pregnant, Jamie Lynn Pregnant, Angelina Jolie Photos, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Teen Pregnancy, Angelina Jolie, Jamie Lynn Spears Casey Aldridge, Ashlee Simpson Pregnant, Teen Mothers, Public Opinion Teen Mothers, Us Weekly, W Magazine, Childcare, Ashlee Simpson, Nicole Richie Pregnant, W Magazine Interview Jolie, National Enquirer, Entertainment News
Vanessa Richmond

What's really at stake isn't whether the story of Spear's pregnancy is true or not, but the way the news is delivered and then the way that pregnancy and birth are treated by the media and public.

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Kisses for My President: Work/Family Balance in the White House and in Your House

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Fred MacMurray, Entertainment, Polly Bergen, Childcare, Sarah Palin Vice President, Living, Hillary Clinton, Geena Davis, Women's Work, Breaking News, Home Work, Politics, Work/Family Balance, Economy, Economic Rebuilding, Politics News
Elizabeth Gregory

While this political season won't yield a woman president, it has seen a movement of women into the political forefront as never before.

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The First & Last VP Debate: This Soccer Mom Isn't Buying

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Politics, Debate, Moms, Momsrising, Palin, A Peaceful Revolution, Soccer Moms, New Deal, Healthcare Coverage, Hockey Moms, Child Healthcare, Childcare, Sarah Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Vice-Presidential Debate, Family Healthcare, Healthcare, Great Depression, Politics News
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

The economy is about more than just Wall Street bailouts. It's about how we're going to pay for escalating childcare, how we can pull together healthcare coverage for our kids.

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Peaceful Revolution: Mothers' Five Questions for Palin/Biden Debate

Nanette Fondas | Posted 11.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Fair Pay Restoration Act, Vice Presidential Debate, Childcare, Sarah Palin, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Joe Biden, Healthcare, Family Rights, Equal Pay, Living News
Nanette Fondas

Let's ask our leaders to lead us toward solutions to the very real concerns mothers and families have today. Perhaps if we keep asking we will finally get an answer.

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Sarah Palin Helps the Dems -- But What about the Ladies?

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ann Crittenden, Readiness, Fmla, John McCain, Women's Work, Kathleen Parker, Childcare, Bob Herbert, Fathers and Childcare, Hillary Clinton, Separate Tax Filing, Democrats, Living, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Breaking News, Politics News
Elizabeth Gregory

Will Palin's difficulty on the big stage set back the progress of women into higher office?

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Give Me Some Truth, Sarah

Emily Pease | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Childcare, Sarah Palin, Home News
Emily Pease

It's time Palin got real. Let's hear how she's going to help families obtain childcare, how she'll win better pay and benefits for the child care workers and advance early childhood education. Let's hear her give some respect to working women without the time to be "hockey moms."

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