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Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Immigration

09/25/12

It was one of those mornings when I was in a hurry, but the universe had other plans. I sat my groggy four-year old down with a buttered bagel so I could rush to get ready while she ate, but when I came running back to her, I saw that she had placed a favorite coffee-table book in front of her and...

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Homa Tavangar

Open Flexible Work

09/25/12

Today, on Making It In America , Vinnie Politan will feature Holly Reisem Hanna who is a mom entrepreneur committed to helping other women successfully start their own businesses. Her book, The Work at Home Woman is a site dedicated to mom entrepreneurs. The show airs today at 4 p.m. Eastern...

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Wilhelmina Jewell Sparks

Open Flexible Work

09/25/12

You’ve heard of Reddit, right? It’s a social link sharing site with a very active user base, and it’s called the front page of the internet. On Reddit, they do this thing called “AMA” (ask me anything) where users will post their occupation and answer any question they’re asked from other users...

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Jody Thompson

Open Flexible Work

09/21/12

Susan Lambert , Associate Professor at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration and the author of a much-discussed op-ed in yesterday's New York Times , once told me that she gets a lot of grief. "You study what," say her social work friends. "Scheduling?" I am happy...

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Joan C. Williams

Immigration

09/21/12

My three daughters are asleep in their rooms as I write this. I was fortunate to eat dinner with them, help them with their homework, and read them a bedtime story this evening. But many immigrant mothers in the US are being cruelly and forcefully torn away from their children. As a mom, I am...

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Shamasunder Reshma

09/21/12

With my family getting back into the rhythm of another school year, I’m reminded of the constant challenge that parents face this time of year of providing our children with healthy meals throughout the day. From preparing breakfast and lunches each morning to after school snacks and dinner around...

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Robyn O'Brien

09/21/12

As a dad and director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Childhood Obesity team, I’m pleased to introduce the dad bloggers of the MomsRising "Making the School Day Healthier" blog carnival. Childhood obesity is a serious issue in our country. With approximately 23 million children and...

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Dr. Dwayne C. Proctor

Childcare & Early Education Open Flexible Work

09/20/12

Back-to-school night: With four kids, I’ve attended a few. Last night the Principal at my children’s grade school delivered an opening message worth memorizing: Eat, read, sleep. Families today are busy! It sounds trite, but it’s true. With 24/7 connectivity, a recession, and a global economy, most...

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Nanette Fondas

Health Care

09/20/12

If there were an easy way to prevent cancer, you’d predict that people would run in droves to take advantage of it. That’s why people should be rushing to take advantage of the cancer-preventing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. The HPV vaccine helps protect against the infection that can cause...

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Leslie Kantor

Paid Family Leave

09/20/12

I suspect that one reason the U.S. has made so little progress towards pro-caregiver policies is that women figure once the children grow up and go to school, the work/family conundrum will sort itself out. We may have a few rough years of living on just one income, or being uncomfortably stretched...

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