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01/27/10

So it turns out that cadmium (atomic number forty-eight, for those of you scoring at home) is more than a long-forgotten square on the periodic table. It’s also a toxic heavy metal found in our children’s jewelry. Earlier this month, the Associated Press (AP) revealed that it recently found high...

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Charlie Pizarro

01/27/10

What do you think of tonight's State of the Union address? Did the President touch on the issues you care about? What do you think of the policies he discussed and his vision for family economic security? Share your thoughts on all this and more here! Join in the conversation now by sharing your...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

01/27/10

According to recent reports, women are increasingly the primary or sole family breadwinner due to the recession [1]. With women still earning only 78 cents on the dollar to their male counterparts [2], you gotta wonder: How are we supposed to win enough bread for our families, when we're not...

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Donna Norton

01/27/10

For as long as I live, I will never forget Maria and her children. She left her home one day while her husband was at work, packed up what she could in her beat-up mini-van, took her children and left. Her first stop was the family service agency in a small city in northern California where I was...

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Vanessa Cajina

Childcare & Early Education

01/27/10

In listening to the political commentators prepare for the State of the Union Address tonight, most of them are telling the President that he must reframe the discussion, have courage, and focus on jobs, jobs, jobs. I think that the President is doing something quite courageous that SADLY may be...

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Ellen Galinsky

01/27/10

Susan Kane, Editor-in-Chief, Parenting magazine In Newport, PA, Cheryl Capozzi was used to seeing her kids reading torn, stained, taped-together old books from their school library. But when her first-grader brought home a mold-covered book falling out of its binding, she decided to do something...

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Susan Kane

Health Care

01/26/10

One of the toughest things about being a mom is that you can’t always make things right in your kids’ lives, nor in the world. The first time I learned this lesson was when my water broke well before my twin boys were supposed to be born. We couldn’t stop them from coming, and they arrived six...

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Jocelyn Guyer

01/26/10

If my kids wanted to quit something after their first setback, I'd say, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." So what's with Congress? One unexpected election result in Massachusetts, a state that already has universal healthcare, is all it takes for some in Congress to throw up their...

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Donna Norton

Childcare & Early Education

01/26/10

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org The U.S. spends very little public money on children, and a great deal of public money on older people. The reason for this has to do with our cultural attitudes towards privacy and the...

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Valerie Young

Paid Family Leave Health Care

01/25/10

Paid parental leave is a human right, one guaranteed by virtually every country. But not the United States! When you gave birth or adopted your kids, did you take leave without pay? How did this affect breastfeeding, your health, your baby’s health, or your family’s finances? How did this affect...

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