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08/15/12

The Olympics! The torch. The pageantry. The athletic accomplishments that are unimaginable to us mere mortals. This is a historic Olympics for women: The U.S. team included more female athletes than male for the first time ever. We've come a long way since Title Nine passed 40 years ago, now more...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

08/15/12

Summer break is coming to an end way too soon (or maybe not soon enough!). Kids will be going back to school to get a heavy dose of reading, writing, math, and (for many kids) junk food. That’s right! Monday, the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine released a report by Bridging The Gap,...

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Monifa Bandele

Environmental Health

08/15/12

Teeth swiped from tooth fairies could provide important information about the link between chemicals and autism. Researchers are excited . We already know that timing is a critical piece of the autism/chemical connection. Scientists now say that by grinding up baby teeth, they can accurately...

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Kristin Schafer

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Paid Sick Days

08/14/12

Candy Crowley. Image via Wikipedia. Great news yesterday! FINALLY, after decades without a female moderator, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that a woman, Candy Crowley of CNN, would moderate one of the three nationally televised Presidential debates. [1] Woot! *Click here to...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

08/14/12

What I liked most about the Olympics were the commercials that thanked moms for all they do behind the scenes to help their children achieve their best. As the mother of a young athlete who finds herself stretched between working full-time and getting my son to hockey and soccer practices, I saw...

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Donna De La Cruz

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Health Care

08/14/12

If there was ever any doubt that the U.S. federal budget would claim center-stage in the 2012 presidential race, it vanished with Mitt Romney's selection of House Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) as the GOP Vice Presidential nominee. Although Mitt Romney has emphasized he will run on a Romney budget,...

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Jo Comerford

Blog Carnivals

08/13/12

This year, in California, we have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of more than 200,000 working women. There isn’t a mom out there who will tell you that domestic work isn’t real work -- as moms, we all know the effort that goes into caring for others. But for more than 70...

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Bekah Mandell

Blog Carnivals

08/13/12

Every true champion knows that the road to victory is filled with sacrifice. My mother is no exception. In the early 1990’s my mother, my younger sister and I were living in an inner-city corridor of San Salvador, El Salvador. After a spike in violence overtook our neighborhood, my mother debated...

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Paul Monge-Rodriguez

Blog Carnivals

08/13/12

1. It’s about good parenting – strong, secure, healthy care providers means strong children, families & communities. 2. I want building the new little souls and bodies of our children to be as valued and as compensated as building the roads and buildings in our communities. 3. I want my...

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Mimi Ho

Blog Carnivals

08/13/12

It has been exactly two years (as of March 1st) that Jessica has watched and cared for my son, Yuji, while I am at work 3 days per week. Hiring Jessica has been one of the best decisions of my new life as a parent. She is like a third parent to Yuji and is a parent-mentor to me and my partner,...

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