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03/27/14

Kids are gross. Inspiring, cuddly, lovable, yes - but also: gross. I had barely heard of things like pink eye, ringworm and foot and mouth disease until I became a mom. My kid even got scarlet fever - Oregon Trail much? All kids get sick sometime, but nothing makes a 2 am vomit session worse than...

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Charlie Rose

Childcare & Early Education Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security

03/27/14

For Karen, a part-time package delivery person and mom to a one-year-old, making child care arrangements is a weekly exercise in scrambling. That’s because Karen receives notice of her schedule only one week in advance, and her shifts fluctuate. The volatility of her schedule makes everything...

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Liz Ben-Ishai

Health Care

03/27/14

As I sat listening to Angie share the story of her birthing experience, I was saddened to realize how similar it was to my own, even though the hospitals were almost 1500 miles apart. As she described how she sent her son to the nursery to allow herself to get some rest, I wondered if anyone...

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Sahira Long, MD, FAAP, IBCLC

Family Economic Security

03/27/14

This post first appeared on MyMamihood.com Prologue During the last inauguration ceremony, we watched on TV and I pointed people out to the frog princess as the day went on. When Michelle Obama came on the screen, I told her that was President Obama's wife, the first lady. Without hesitation, the...

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Sili Recio

Family Economic Security

03/27/14

Confession: There’s been a lot of lip service given lately to the need for fair pay for women, but I’m not interested in lip service: I want action. Here’s a little context: Women represent nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers . Nearly four in ten female minimum wage workers are women of color...

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Elyssa Schmier

Family Economic Security

03/26/14

March is almost coming to an end! We are looking forward to spring with so many exciting things coming up. Here are a few of our favorite posts from the MomsRising blog these past few weeks. Feel free to share on social media with friends and family. You can also comment on the posts, and let us...

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Connie K. Ho

03/26/14

Today, the Massachusetts Legislature sent a resounding message: stop shackling pregnant women. The Massachusetts House voted 146-0 to ban the shackling of women giving birth and establish other minimum standards for pregnant women in jail and prison. The vote came just one week after the Senate's...

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Rachel Roth

Food!

03/26/14

Beginning in January, more than 300,000 people – moms and dads just like us – who care about the food they eat and the food they feed their families signed a petition asking federal officials to keep chicken from China out of our supermarkets and school lunch . The petition was directed at...

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Laura Trivers

03/26/14

Here at MomsRising, we're extremely excited about this week's #FoodFri tweetchat. We'll be discussing a hot topic, healthy school fundraising ! Join @MomsRising and @CSPI this Friday, March 28, at 1 p.m. EST for a fun and informative #FoodFri tweetchat that will prepare you for the coming school...

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Migdalia Rivera

Families & The Federal Budget

03/26/14

Finally!! After three long months of raising our voices, making calls, sending emails, and sharing our experiences with leaders, the U.S. Senate has reached a bipartisan deal to extend federal unemployment insurance benefits. This deal—if passed— will restore jobless aid to the more than 2 million...

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Elyssa Schmier