Working Mother

Women are Wimps

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Workplace Flexibilty, Meet the Press, Working Mother, Alex Castellanos, Flexible Work, War on Women, Lilly Ledbetter, Rachel Maddow, Gop, Family Leave, Women's Rights, Equality, Working Women, Equal Pay, Equal Rights, Women in Business, Politics News
Morra Aarons-Mele

Is the GOP saying that women should expect to earn less because they default to parenting over work? Is this the party line? Because I know a lot of pretty ambitious Republican women who would disagree.

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Sheryl Sandberg Is Living The Working Mother's Dream

Carol Evans | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Working Mother, Makers, Working Mothers, Motherhood, Sheryl Sandberg, Female Role Models, Work-Life Balance, Carol Evans, Working Mother Magazine, Facebook, Parents News
Carol Evans

Sandberg's work-life balance is not easy to achieve, but she does manage it. She has proven her value to the company and can leave at 5:30 p.m., have dinner with her family and put her kids to bed.

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Think of the Children: Why We Need a New Story for Working Moms

Reva Seth | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Careers, Women, Working Mother, Parenting, Working Moms, Parents News
Reva Seth

An element of self sacrifice is inherent to parenting, but all of us, parents, children and employers would benefit from a cultural shift that stops framing children, family and career fulfillment as an either/or choice.

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Author Reveals The Truth Behind The Mad Men And Women Of Madison Avenue

Debra Ollivier | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Mad Men, Jane Maas, Madison Avenue, Mad Women, Advertising in the 60s, Amc, Working Mother Guilt, Working Mother, Sleeping With the Boss, Video, Fifty News
Debra Ollivier

In her book, Jane Maas, who's been called "the real life Peggy Olson," brings us a personal portrait of what it was really like to work in the Madison Avenue advertising world of the 1960s and '70s -- not only as a businesswoman but as a mother and wife.

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My National Work and Family Month Flashback

Kristin Maschka | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Women, Work Life, Working Mother, Work Life Balance, Family Relationships, Remodeling Motherhood, Family Finances, Non-Profit, Motherhood, Parenting, School, Mothers, Parenthood, Consulting, Education, Career, Childcare, Kristin Maschka, Work Life Fit, Mom, Household, Fatherhood, Education Reform, Schools, Moms, Families, Public Education, Parenting Advice, Learning, Family, Women News
Kristin Maschka

My boss and I were both stopped in our tracks by a pair of assumptions common in many workplaces.

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Workplace Culture Wars

Kristin Maschka | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Remodeling Motherhood, Women, Working Mother, Work Life, Motherhood, Family Relationships, Non-Profit, Family Finances, Parenting, Work Life Balance, School, Mothers, Parenthood, Consulting, Education, Career, Childcare, Kristin Maschka, Work Life Fit, Mom, Fatherhood, Household, Schools, Education Reform, Public Education, Families, Moms, Parenting Advice, Learning, Family, Women News
Kristin Maschka

In the battle between well-intentioned policies and the unwritten rules of any workplace, unwritten rules win every time.

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Smart Girl's Guide to the Internet

Kristin Maschka | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Remodeling Motherhood, Women, Working Mother, Work Life, Motherhood, Family Relationships, Non-Profit, Family Finances, Parenting, Work Life Balance, School, Mothers, Parenthood, Consulting, Education, Career, Childcare, Kristin Maschka, Work Life Fit, Mom, Fatherhood, Household, Schools, Education Reform, Public Education, Families, Moms, Parenting Advice, Learning, Family, Parents News
Kristin Maschka

My grand plan for teaching my daughter about the Internet is a combination of this guide, keeping the computer in the open to use real experience to teach, and enough repeating stuff "over and over" to generate eyerolls.

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Is "Career Woman" the New "Spinster?"

Melanie Notkin | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Marriage, Women, Working Mother, Women News, Career Women, Career, Relationships, Childless, Career Woman, Is "Career Woman" the New "Spinster?", Dating, Working Women, Single, Old Maid, Childless Women, Single Women, Spinster, Women News
Melanie Notkin

"I know a lot of women like you," said my date, admitting he was trying to figure out why a 'great girl' like me was still single.

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Education Needs Remodeling, Not "Fixing"

Kristin Maschka | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Women, Work Life, Working Mother, Work Life Balance, Family Relationships, Remodeling Motherhood, Family Finances, Non-Profit, Motherhood, Parenting, School, Mothers, Parenthood, Consulting, Education, Career, Childcare, Kristin Maschka, Work Life Fit, Mom, Household, Fatherhood, Education Reform, Schools, Moms, Families, Public Education, Parenting Advice, Learning, Family, Education News
Kristin Maschka

I think fixing misnamed given the spirit of the article and discussion. The popular narrative is all about "fixing" and it frustrates me, especially given my time with these nine California districts this week. Here's why.

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Between Mothers and Daughters: It's Still a Man's World

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Working Women, Working Mother, Mothers, Mothers and Daughters, Career & Money, Work Life Balance, Work-Life Conflict, Women in Business, Working Moms, Business Women, Women News
Morra Aarons-Mele

Too often, a woman begins thinking about having a child years before she gives birth, and she starts making room for having a child and the career sacrifices she'll encounter.

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Sharing The Pangs Of Working Mother Guilt

BJ Gallagher | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Working Mothers, Working Mother Guilt, Working Mother, Working Full-Time Mother, Mother's Day, Working Mom, Mother's Day 2011, Working Mom Guilt, Career Mother, Career Mom, Healthy Living News
BJ Gallagher

"Join the club," Karen replied. "Welcome to the world of working mothers. I can guarantee you -- all working moms feel the same push/pull that you're experiencing. And I'll be some fathers do, too."

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Maternity Leave, Unplugged

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Media, Working Mother, Maternity Leave, Motherhood, Fatherhood, Parenting, Babies, Time Famine, Women Entrepreneurs, Paternity Leave, Entrepreneurship, Fathers, Impact News
Morra Aarons-Mele

If maternity leave is one of the last sanctioned times you're allowed to unplug completely, we need to fight to keep that time precious, even if it makes us feel vulnerable.

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Working Mom Guilt is a Political Issue

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Working Mother, Maria Shriver, Tea Party, Recession, Sarah Palin, Impact News
Morra Aarons-Mele

At what point does working mother guilt become a political argument? Now. In this year of the "Mama Grizzly," it's important that women feel the political choices they make support their own personal life choices.

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What Single Moms Really Need This Mother's Day

Page Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Working Women, Working Mother, Women's Issues, Mother's Day, Women Voters, Impact News
Page Gardner

The number of unmarried women and women-headed households is on the rise -- and the children they are raising are doing without basic nutrition, heath care, and housing. But we can do something about it.

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Can Any Woman Really Have it All?

Holly Robinson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Working Mothers, Working Mother, Parenting, Working Mom, Elena Kagen, Parenting Tips, Working Moms, Healthy Living News
Holly Robinson

Can a woman really have it all, as in marriage (or a lifelong partner), children, and a "high-achieving" career?

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Is Breastfeeding Better Than Formula Feeding? What You Should Choose

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Working Mother, Working Mothers, Children, Baby, Child Bearing, Raising Children, Formula, Hormones, Infant Nurturing, Stress, Norway, Baby Bottles, Fda, Kids, Enfamil, Hormone Levels, Development, Love, American Pregnancy Association, Parents, Child Development, Aging, Testosterone in the Womb, Breastfeeding, Bbc, Testosterone, Nurturing, Growth, Parenting, Babies, Obesity, Stress Reduction, Sven Carlsen, Sven Carlson, Infants, Formula Feeding, Kidshealth, Caring, Bottle Feeding, Eating, Unicef, Healthy Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

Is breastfeeding better than formula feeding? Every mother contemplates this question. Many instinctively "feel" that breastfeeding will lead to bette...

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Writer/Concierge: More Adventures of a Non-Bestselling Author

Wednesday Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Motherhood and Work, Writing From Home, Concierge, Working Mother, Writing Process, Mother, Writer's Life, Author, Home Office, Writer, Balancing Motherhood and Work, Multi-Tasking, Day Job, Books News
Wednesday Martin

The good news is that in addition to being an extremely non-bestselling author, I am also a concierge. The bad news is that I'm not very good at it.

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Interview: Baby Bumps and Celebrity Moms

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Working Women, Celeb-Weeklies, Working Mother, Celebrity Kids, Carol Evans, Working Mothers, Baby Bumps, Mommy Wars, Beauty Standards, Pregnancy, Women in Hollywood, Healthy Living News
Morra Aarons-Mele

It's wonderful that pregnancy is seen as such a beautiful thing, but it's a shame that motherhood is framed against a backdrop of such beauty [that] no one can live up to.

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Why Michelle Obama Makes Me a Better Mother

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democratic Convention, Working Mother, Full-Time Mother, Motherhood, Glass Ceiling, Jackie Kennedy, Stay-at-Home Mother, Barack Obama, The White House, Corporate Ladder, First Lady Michelle Obama, Media Circus, "Time" Magazine, Political Elite, Feminists, Community Organizing, Senator Hilary Clinton, Pro-Choice, The Obama Girls, Politics News
Francesca Biller-Safran

It's seems stylish and even respectable again in political and social circles to admit that you may consider motherhood as important as any career, thanks to First Lady Michelle Obama.

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It's Stylish and Smart to Be a Mother Again, Thanks to Michelle Obama

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Working Mother, At Home Mom, First Lady Michelle Obama, "Time" Magazine, Politically Correct, Glass Ceiling, Pro-Choice, Feminists, Political Elite, Stay Perfect American Wife, Senator Hilary Clinton, Jackie Kennedy, Stay-at-Home Mom, The Obama Girls, The White House, Corporate Ladder, Healthy Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

It's seems stylish and even respectable again in political and social circles to admit that you may consider motherhood as important as any career, thanks to First Lady Michelle Obama.

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