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10/27/16

Parents are passionate about water quality and access in schools. The stories below are included in our latest Healthy Schools Storybook, which parents are delivering to schools across the country in 2016 and 2017. Download a complete and free version of the storybook here . Clean water is the most...

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Karen Showalter

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

10/26/16

Halloween is almost here! Your kids will be transforming into witches and warlocks and getting lots of tasty treats. Yet this spooky holiday is more than dressing up and eating handfuls of candy corn--your children will be interacting with their peers and others in your community. As the NBC...

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Abbie Gately

Environmental Health MomsRising

10/26/16

An Ice Wizard. That’s what my son wants to be for Halloween this year. And I’m glad. Homemade costumes are the most fun, and a quick internet search helped me see exactly which video game character he had in mind. Brown shirt, blue pants, blue fabric as a belt–it all seemed easy enough until we got...

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Beth Messersmith

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Childcare & Early Education

10/26/16

Teachers are vital to our society. They teach and care for our children, oftentimes spending more hours with our littles then we do. Their role in our children's lives shapes their education and their social and emotional development. Today, teaching is considered one of the most stressful jobs in...

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Migdalia Rivera

Paid Family Leave

10/25/16

October is National Work and Family Month. Working Mother Magazine identified 100 businesses that take their obligations employees seriously , first and foremost with paid family leave. These businesses are dragging the country toward something approximating a civilized social safety net, which is...

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To-wen Tseng

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget

10/25/16

Candidates are talking about it. The media are talking about it. And, of course, we are (and have been!) talking about it! Childcare now costs more than college. Yikes! The struggles most parents in America have finding quality, affordable childcare for their little ones is getting a lot of...

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Elyssa Schmier

Health Care

10/25/16

Have you ever experienced a time when you were wronged or mistreated and didn’t stand up for yourself? In my late twenties I worked at a large international biotech company as a communications specialist. My counterparts in our Paris office were impressed with my work and invited me to come work...

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Renee Trudeau

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You MomsVote Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

10/24/16

Things are certainly changing different this election season. While there is a lot that is deeply disturbing, and a lot I will not want to remember after 2016 is said and done, but one thing that is worth acknowledging is that the discussion moved forward for families, and that Paid Family and...

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Christina D'Allesandro

Military Families Paid Family Leave

10/24/16

My son's birth wasn't an easy one. Luckily, I had my husband by my side the entire time. We are thankful that the military continues to expand their maternity and paternity leave policies.

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Susan Reynolds

Radio!

Podcast

10/24/16

On the radio show this week we uncover what’s going on with the race to the Presidency with the top pollster in the nation; discuss voter suppression and what policies are needed so that everyone who wants to vote can vote; bring on a mother and daughter duo to discuss women in leadership; and hear...

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