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06/21/09
A friend recently gave birth to twins. When I visited them today, she sat feeding one baby a bottle, while dad was bathing the other baby—classically—in the kitchen sink. Does this scene surprise you? Probably not, if you’re under age twenty-nine. According to a recent study by the Families and...
Nanette Fondas's picture
06/20/09
When my daughters, now ages 22 and 25, were growing up, I knew better than to forbid them to do something. It’s the quickest way to make that forbidden activity all the more tempting. I find it interesting that Stephanie Meyer’s novel Twilight has an apple on its cover, the original forbidden fruit...
06/19/09
Like most Americans, I'm a sitting duck. A million things could happen that would cause my family to become one of the 46 million Americans without health insurance. My husband or I could lose our jobs, one of us could get some illness that would then make us uninsurable if we changed jobs or - as...
Donna's picture
06/19/09
If my family budget was in such deep crisis that I didn't have enough money to feed my kids, I would turn over every cushion looking for spare change, get a weekend job, or sell things in a yard sale. I'd do anything I could to find new ways to bring new money in the door before eliminating the...
Anita's picture
06/18/09
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Political strategist Donna Brazile urged a hotel ballroom packed with hundreds of women not to settle for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act that allows women to file pay discrimination lawsuits and was signed into law by President Barack Obama earlier this year. She said the...
Elisa Batista's picture
06/17/09
Have you heard about the Calvin Klein ad in New York City that shows a young girl in a threesome/foursome with young men? Moms are outraged, and they should be. With child pornography and child slavery on the rise, we can look to folks like Calvin Klein for glorifying sex with young girls. This is...
06/17/09
First, I want to thank MomsRising for allowing me space on your blog. I am a mom of two great kids, Madeline (4) and Eli (19 months). I want to share why I am passionate about why health reform needs to work for kids and how I got involved in the Speak Now for Kids campaign. When my daughter was 10...
06/17/09
Which of the following is considered a junk food according to national school nutrition standards? A. Hi-C Blast - vitamin fortified sugar water B. Poland Springs seltzer water - water with bubbles C. French fries D. Candy Bars If you guessed A, C or D you'd be wrong. Believe it or not, seltzer...
joan's picture
06/16/09
From Your (Wo)man in Washington Blog Another Hill hearing room, fresh-faced staffers buzzing in the background, Congressmen and women at their microphones, witnesses seated at the witness table. June 11 was just another day for the Nation's Capital of the World's Greatest Democracy. Except it wasn'...
Valerie Young's picture
06/10/09
Joan Alker, Co-Director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute , has been working on children's issues for over twenty years. When thinking about why children's health needs deserve more attention in health reform, she decided to seek out experts...

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