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05/08/12

Mother's Day is fast approaching and I'm always on the hunt for clever ideas that say,"You are an awesome Mom!" The other day, I started thinking about how teeny-tiny luxuries (like romantic smelling drawer sachets) are something that any mother would enjoy. After all, don't we all have sock...

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Caroline Urdaneta

05/08/12

Cross posted with author permission from the Huffington Post . Ahhh…to think that I dream of the early 1990s when student loans averaged only $10,000 and the unemployment rate for recent college grads was a mere 3.3 percent Last week, I took a week out off of blogging to spend time giving final...

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Ann O'Leary

05/08/12

This blog was written by Kris-Ann Race for the Special Needs Tuesday column at www.ctworkingmoms.com . When Max (my son) was diagnosed with Epilepsy, we went into a tailspin. We didn’t know what our future held and what his development would be like. Of course, everyone who knew us wanted to help...

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Michelle Noehren

Environmental Health Health Care

05/08/12

Sometimes nothing in the world can be so refreshing as taking a long drink straight from the hose after mowing the grass or working in the garden. And who doesn’t remember splashing through the spray from the sprinkler? But those simple pleasures might not be so simple or safe, thanks to the lead...

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Rebecca Meuninck

Immigration

05/07/12

Last month we wrote about how Republicans were warring on immigrants and women by opposing revised health care standards for detainees. Now, a new front in the GOP war against both groups is emerging. Last Friday, Huffington Post's Ryan Grim and Elise Foley wrote about House Republicans’ plan to...

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Tramonte Lynn

05/06/12

I have copied this post from Cali Yost’s Work+life fit Blog . It is perfectly relevant and could not be expressed better! The Workplace Challenges Political Candidates Have to Address Posted: 02 May 2012 08:37 PM PDT It’s not your grandpa’s workplace anymore, but if you listen to the presidential...

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Valerie Young

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education

05/04/12

Having lived in France for the past several years, I am often asked which differences with the US strike me the most. Aside from being able to buy delicious baguettes every few blocks, what surprised me the most were the differences in social services available. As a student, I receive full health...

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Erina Aoyama

05/04/12

Late last year I went out for drinks with a group of moms with kids similar in ages to mine. (I’m sure I had puke on my shirt somewhere.) And I listened to them talk about how wonderful life was. How the transition from one to two wasn’t that big of a deal at all. And I actually said, “REALLY?!” What the hell was wrong with ME, then?

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Michelle Noehren

Environmental Health

05/03/12

In recent years, the incidence of hypospadias, a congenital malformation of the penis, has doubled . Leading health experts blame this surge on a family of toxic chemicals called endocrine disruptors, which attack the hormone system. o Photo by Flickr user F-oxymoron Nicholas Kristof , a columnist...

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Alex Formuzis

Childcare & Early Education

05/03/12

Making Miss Representation has changed my life in more ways than one. Not only has the documentary transformed the way I consume media but it’s also influenced my parenting decisions when it comes to household media consumption. If I want to challenge the way the media represents women and girls –...

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