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Melina Bellows: Why Being a Mom is the Coolest Job Ever

2012-05-24T18:40:37Z

As I packed up to leave the conference, I found myself really, really missing my kids, ages 6 and 8. I considered calling them but hesitated -- sometimes they beg me to come home, which leaves me feeling tortured if I'm far away.

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Margie Omero: Mother's Day Is Over, and Many Moms Still Struggling

2012-05-18T15:26:28Z

New Gallup polling suggests the joys of motherhood can bring added challenges. The most striking finding is how much stay-at-home moms in particular suffer.

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Lessons From Data About Depression In Stay-At-Home-Moms

2012-05-18T10:53:31Z

There’s a new study out today showing that mothers who stay home with children are more likely to be depressed and angry than mothers who are employ...

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Don McNay: Gena Bigler: Practicing the Art of Financial Social Work

2012-05-18T09:42:32Z

Mostly, Gena has unqualified love for the less fortunate. Although she has written letters and organized protests, what she really does well is use the tools of the financial world to help people better themselves. She calls the concept "financial social work."

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Todd Kashdan: Can Being A Parent Make You Happier?

2012-05-17T18:48:48Z

Raven (5 years old): Dad, we love you, even if you yell at us. Even if you rip out our eyeballs, we still love you. Chloe (5 years old): Are you going to die soon?

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Ann O'Leary: The Politics of Motherhood

2012-05-16T12:25:54Z

Working mothers, or at least those with limited education and lower-end jobs, have almost no employee benefits that allow time away from work when their children are sick or even when they give birth.

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Melanie Coffee: Culture Contrasts: Norway's Support of Working Families

2012-05-15T16:50:43Z

In the race to be bigger, faster, stronger, we've lost sight of what makes us better: Time with each other.

Read more: Parental Leave, Maternity Leave, Working Mothers, Motherhood, Norway, Paternity Leave, Save the Children, Parenthood, Parents News

Michael L. Millenson: Burying a Life in My Mother's Obit

2012-05-15T12:21:52Z

My bruised feelings notwithstanding, I suppose the Post reporter did us a favor. In just a few sentences she summed up my mother's life in a way that made the paper. And yet burying my mother's real identity for the sake of a few inches of type, continued to gnaw at me.

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Shocking Number Of States Fail Working Mothers

2012-05-11T18:22:59Z

Eighteen states got the grade of "F" in a new analysis on workplace rights for new parents. According to a report by the National Partnership for Wome...

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Gayle King Shares Her Approach To Motherhood

2012-05-11T11:53:36Z

You've got her eyes, her prepared-for-anything instincts and maybe even her sense of style. But how much of your parenting chops come from your own mo...

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Martha Burk: Moms Get Political: An Interview With Momsrising Co-founder Joan Blades

2012-05-10T21:39:33Z

Unlike their mothers and grandmothers who didn't see politics as the answer to these problems, the new generation of moms has political change in their sights. And they're making their voices heard.

Read more: Women in the Workplace, Working Mothers, Child Care, MoveOn.Org, Mother's Day, Pay Equity, Mothers, Family Leave, Working Moms, Mother's Day 2012, Women Pay Gap, Momsrising, Politics News

Donatella Arpaia: The 40 Year-Old Mom

2012-05-09T17:57:22Z

I'd have my whole family at one of my restaurants for brunch and all my beautiful nieces and nephews would be running around. As much as I loved being the cool celebrity aunt, what I really wanted was the title we were celebrating that day.

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Debra L. Ness: On Mother's Day: Expecting Better for All Mothers and Working Families

2012-05-08T12:00:16Z

The sad truth is that millions of working mothers in this country find themselves without the support they need to care for their families and hold onto their jobs.

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Joanne Bamberger: Enough With 'The Conflict' -- For Most Women, There Isn't Any

2012-05-07T12:52:03Z

There's not enough energy to be spent judging what other women are doing. I have a hard enough time staying on top of work and family commitments; I don't have time to mess with anyone else.

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Loren Ridinger: The Business of Being a Mom

2012-05-07T12:40:42Z

I am officially my mother, and I love every second of it.

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Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson: The Kids Are All Right

2012-04-30T13:55:31Z

Seeing things afresh, absent of bias and judgment, is key in looking at art. As kids have this ability inherently and naturally, they are excellent company, in art and in life.

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Melinda Wentzel: All Is Fair in Love and Mommy Wars

2012-04-23T12:21:14Z

As family dynamics go, one parent's crazy quilt is another's richly woven tapestry.

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Tracy Shaffer: Read My Pins: The Madeline Albright Collection

2012-04-18T16:52:27Z

A well-placed brooch became not only Ms. Albright's fashion signature, but a silent signal to her host about what she expected from their meeting. "Read My Pins: The Madeline Albright Collection" is on view at the Denver Art Museum.

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Andrea Bonior: The Mommy Wars Are Wrecking Your Health: Here's What To Do About It

2012-04-18T16:30:10Z

Call it whatever you want: the Mommy wars, Mean Girls growing up, cat (or Tiger!) fighting: American culture seems to delight in watching mothers tear each other down.

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SaraKay Smullens: In Defense of Hilary Rosen: Let's Get Real

2012-04-18T14:12:03Z

What all of this shows, of course, is how the real issues that plague this country can effectively be buried. Hilary Rosen did speak thoughtlessly. But what she meant (and awkwardly tried to explain) was obvious.

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Erin Smith: A Mother's Guilt

2012-04-18T11:56:54Z

It's difficult to strike a balance between being everything our kids need us to be and maintaining our sanity and individuality.

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Meryl Ain, Ed.D.: It's About Parenting, Not Politics!

2012-04-17T15:47:05Z

No matter how much household help a mother does or doesn't have, it is she who conveys the values that she wants her children to live by. Whether a mother is a SAHM or works 16-hour days, she is a role model for her children.

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Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D.: Mommy, what Does 'Dignity' Mean?

2012-04-17T14:16:57Z

What I know to be true from working with children and families for more than two decades is that children are happy and mentally healthy when their mothers are happy and mentally healthy.

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Toni Nagy: Mommy War Madness

2012-04-17T13:30:43Z

You can be the most sacrificing altruistic mother in the world and your child will resent you for making them your world and never teaching them empathy because you always hid your pain.

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Ann O'Leary: Is It Over Already? The Debate About Women and Work Lasted Less Than a Week

2012-04-17T12:57:34Z

It's time to stop talking about who cares more about mothers and start putting policies in place that value women's work, no matter where it's carried out.

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