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Core Competency Moms

The Little Things That Kill You

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Outsourcing, Households, Concierges, Economics, Children, Errands, Families, Perfect Wife, Moving, Core Competency Moms, Butlers, Working Moms, The Full Life, Living News
Laura Vanderkam

These days, wives are doing things we enjoy more than running errands with our days --and so an industry of concierge services, household managers and the like has sprung up to try to make the little things littler.

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Ending the Dinner Dash

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 06.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Outsourcing, Family Meals, Barbara Kingsolver, Groceries, Working Mothers, Local Eating, Cooking, Women and Housework, Personal Chefs, Crock Pots, Housework, Core Competency Moms, Meals, Locavores, Living News
Laura Vanderkam

The personal is political, the second wave feminists liked to say and nothing showcases the hard choices modern mothers face like the issue of what we feed our families.

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Men Who 'Halve' It All

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 06.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Women, Childcare, Breadwinning, Audacity of Hope, Dual Income Couples, New York Times, Men, Housework, Parenting, Feminism, Core Competency Moms, Equally Shared Parenting, Barack Obama, Living News
Laura Vanderkam

In journalism we have a saying: Dog bites man is not a story. Man bites dog is. Which is why it says something about our society that reporter Lisa Belkin chose to profile Marc and Amy Vachon for her recent New York Times magazine cover story on "When Mom and Dad Share it All."

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The Case Against the Victory Garden

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 06.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Budgeting, Outsourcing, Barbara Kingsolver, Groceries, Hobby, Laundry, Core Competency Moms, Tax Refunds, Inflation, Money, Save Money Groceries, Cooking, Gardening, Cleaning, Wall Street Journal, Gardens, Living News
Laura Vanderkam

The home-garden micro-trend runs counter to the tidal wave of food outsourcing that's swept through grocery stores over the past 20 years.

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A Happy Mom's Secret: Don't Do Your Own Laundry

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 06.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Laundry Services, Outsourcing, Cheryl Mendelson, Laundry, Core Competency Moms, Children, S, Dry Cleaning, Housekeeping, Housework, Working Mom, Stay at Home Moms, Living News
Laura Vanderkam

Laundry has long been the bane of many a mother's existence. If you've got small kids who roll in the dirt, wipe their noses on their sleeves and spill milk on their pants, loads of it can pile up.

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On Wasting Time: Are You Reading This at Work?

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 06.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Television, Core Competency Moms, Time Management, Wasting Time, Email, 43 Folders, Goals, Best Buy, Productivity, Results, Living News
Laura Vanderkam

One of the great things about being a writer is having an excuse to interview fascinating people. For instance: Carol Fassbinder-Orth, a rising young biologist. She grew up on an apiary featuring 100 million bees.

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