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10/09/12

These small steps toward mindful compassion we take today can open up a whole new world – perhaps one that is less focused on our boundaries and more on our possibilities. Bonus: a second give-away!

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Homa Tavangar

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Open Flexible Work

10/09/12

How fitting that Marissa Mayer birthed her baby on the eve of National Work and Family month. Yet she disappoints other moms , bloggers and work-family advocates by stating she'll work throughout her maternity leave , appearing on Fortune Magazine 's cover in a decidedly not-pregnant glam shot and...

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Nanette Fondas

Environmental Health Health Care

10/09/12

When we first got the lab results back for our report on phthalates in children’s vinyl (polyvinyl chloride or PVC) school supplies, we were utterly shocked by all of the Disney school supplies that contained such high levels of these toxic chemicals. Disney Princess and Spider Man lunchboxes were...

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Mike Schade

10/09/12

Para español, haga clic aquí . It's Hispanic Heritage Month and MomsRising is celebrating by hosting a blog carnival that highlights the many, spectacular contributions our members and allies in the Latino community have made on the MomsRising blog and in the media. Hispanic Heritage Month is also...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

10/09/12

For English, click here . Es el mes de la hispanidad y MomsRising / MamásConPoder lo celebra con un carnaval de blogs que destaca numerosos miembros y aliados de la organización en la comunidad latina. El mes de hispanidad es un momento para reflejar sobre el impacto que tendrán las próximas...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Open Flexible Work

10/09/12

This blog was originally posted on October 2, 2012 on the Huffington Post I've been thinking a lot about the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on our work and family lives and continue to be fascinated by this topic. The Pew Internet & American Life Project reported this...

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Judith Casey

Open Flexible Work

10/07/12

In 2004 I co-founded a digital strategy company that focuses on inbound marketing (i.e., getting clients found via the Internet). My team consists of independent contractors that work virtually throughout the US as well as in other countries. In talking with Joan Blades, I learned that we worked...

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Mackey Cynthia

Childcare & Early Education

10/07/12

The first debate in this presidential campaign season is remarkable not for what the candidates said, but for what they didn’t say. In spite of the fact that the Presidency cannot be won without a majority of women’s votes, discussion of the economy and health care was narrow and bogged down in...

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Valerie Young

10/05/12

Do you believe that there is a reason babies are colicky? That it might not be gas, or nutrition, or your breast milk? That maybe it’s something that little girl or guy is going through, emotionally?

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Michelle Noehren

Food!

10/05/12

“I’d like to eat healthy food, but those stores are just too expensive.” I hear that over and over again, and it’s true. Some of those stores that boast of delicious, abundant produce, grass-fed beef and fresh-caught fish, are indeed expensive, but you do have some other options. Certainly the...

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