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Work and Babies: Women Still Have to Pick Their Poison (But Men Are Evolving!)

Mika Brzezinski | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Women Careers, Women Workers, Motherhood, Maternity Leave, Working Mothers, Parenting, Living News
Mika Brzezinski

It seems like a woman has to pick her poison. Suffer now, or take "a few years off" and pay later. Women need to know that "taking a few years off" can often lead to a permanent condition of dependence and loss of identity.

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The U.S. Lets Families Down

Janet Walsh | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Paid Leave for Mothers U.S, Parental Leave, America and Maternity Leave, Maternity Leave, Maternity Leave America vs Rest of the World, International Convenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Paid Leave in the U.S, Politics News
Janet Walsh

Of all the countries surveyed in a new book, 177 offer paid leave for new mothers. Only four guaranteed no paid family leave, and the United States is one of them.

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Super Mom: Nicole Block

Meredith Lopez | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Meredith Lopez, Working From Home, Stationery, Wahm, Relationships, Maternity Leave, Starting Your Own Business, Graphic Design, Motherhood, Parenting, Babies, Wedding Invitations, Sahm, Interview, Living News
Meredith Lopez

And so, this is the first of a three-part series I'm calling "Super Moms" - interviews with three of my mom friends who lead extraordinary lives beyond diapers and playgrounds.

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Penelope Trunk on Generation, Gender and Work

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Worklife, Brazencareerist, Penelopetrunk, Maternity Leave, Social Networking, Maternityleave, Genx, Geny, Living News
Morra Aarons-Mele

How does your generation affect how you work?

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Peaceful Revolution: A Day for Parents

Rhonda Present | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Parents' Day, Maternity Leave, Parents Day, Parenting, Paid Maternity Leave, Barack Obama Father, Parents, Living News
Rhonda Present

On this Sunday's Parents' Day, we need to address the failure of our society to fully invest in parenting rather than blaming parents for not adequately fulfilling our responsibilities.

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Peaceful Revolution: Why Breastfeeding Needs To Be Part of Health Care Reform

Melissa Bartick | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Maternity Leave, Health, Cardiovascular-Disease, Obesity Epidemic, Breast Cancer, Why to Breastfeed, Diabetes, Breastfeeding-Legislation, Benefits of Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding-in-the-Workplace, Momsrising, Paid Family Leave, Family, Living News
Melissa Bartick

Our nation faces epidemics of obesity, breast cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease that could be partially mitigated by the funding of an infrastructure around breastfeeding.

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Men Are Idiots to Not Fight for Paternity Leave

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Parental Leave, Fear, Sweden, The Doctors TV Show, Baseball, Dr. Phil, Maternity Leave, San Francisco Giants, Travis Stork, Buffalo Bills, Welfare State, Paternity Leave, Naps, Nba, Fatherhood, Babies, Living News
Nathan Hegedus

It's really about the lifestyle, the pace. It is all about naps. When, as a father of small children, do you get to nap anymore? I was home for only six months. And I got to nap almost every day.

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Excuse Me, Senator McCain -- What I Want for My Daughter Isn't About Being Liberal or Conservative

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Birth Control, John McCain, Maternity Leave, Feminism, 2008 Presidential Race, Equal Pay, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Joanne Bamberger

Since we are both parents of daughters, I'm a bit confounded, Senator McCain, about your lack of interest in things that would benefit your girls directly.

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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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Womb For Rent: The Curious Lives Of Surrogates

Newsweek | Lorraine Ali and Raina Kelley | Posted 04.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Surrogate Mother, Surrogate Mothers, Surrogate Motherhood, Maternity Leave, In Vitro Fertilization, Sex, Giving Birth, In Vitro Treatments, Adoption Rights, Birth Mother, Fertility Treatments, Adoption, Living News

But what kind of woman would carry a child to term, only to hand him over moments after birth? Surrogates challenge our most basic ideas about motherh...

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