Health Care

August 26, 2015

It’s back-to-school time, and busy parents are trying to cross everything off their seemingly endless checklists before the first day of school. One thing on many of those lists? Physicals and vaccinations. Many schools and sports programs require proof of children’s vaccinations and physician...

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Debra L. Ness

Health Care Realistic & Fair Wages

August 26, 2015

On August 26, 1920, women achieved the right to vote in the US, thus the Women's Equality Day. On this very special day, I want to do something that I rarely do--write a little bit about my thoughts on this heating presidential election. Living in America, I often have an illusion that we women are...

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To-wen Tseng

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August 25, 2015

Yesterday we attended a moving "Ceremony of 13" at our church for my teenage son. Cultures around the world share a tradition of marking the transition from childhood to adulthood beginning at age 13 (in the Jewish tradition this is called a Bar or Bat Mitzvah). Our ministers shared why it's key to...

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Renee Trudeau

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Food! Health Care MomsVote Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

August 25, 2015

Whether your kids are toddlers or teens, the start of a new school year offers the opportunity for a fresh start and a chance to do things differently. If you’re feeling some anxiety around all the transitions, scheduling, juggling and driving that usually accompany a new school year, take a deep...

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Renee Trudeau

Health Care

August 20, 2015

“The health and economic security of more than 120,000 low-wage parents is at risk in the insurance coverage gap due to politics surrounding Medicaid expansion.” ~ Laila A. Bell, Director of Research and Data at NC Child It’s common sense: When families have parents who are insured, the entire...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care Politics & Policy

August 14, 2015

Your top questions on marijuana--answered! 1. Tell me about the marijuana landscape The legalization of marijuana is growing. It is legal in some form (medical or recreation use) in 23 states and that number is expected to grow. With it come pot shops, ads for cannabis products in the newspaper,...

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Julie Weed

Health Care

August 12, 2015

Location, location, location. It’s one of the biggest concerns for nursing moms who plan to pump at work. The good news is that whether you work in a retail store, a restaurant, or an airplane hangar, there are ways of making space for you to pump. In some cases, it just requires a bit of...

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Nancy C. Lee

Health Care

August 12, 2015

When my son Aaron was just 28 months old, he started to stutter. Not the easy disfluency that most children will have for short periods. This was forced speech that came with a stomach-flex and neck strain. When most kids are bouncing along with bumpy speech, they don’t know they’re doing it, they...

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Nancy Hogshead-Makar

Health Care

August 11, 2015

Let’s see: Shop for school supplies…check. Make sure immunizations are up-to-date…check. Sign up for sports and music lessons…check. Talk about sexual abuse prevention…wait. What? I feel like such a grownup when I say it, but the summer has really flown by. We’re starting to make sure all the books...

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Allison Wedell Schumacher

Health Care

August 6, 2015

And we are off to a great start to National Breastfeeding Month! Anayah kicked things off on the blog by chatting with us about breastfeeding and paid leave . On Wednesday, we had a very informative chat about breastfeeding and work. Here's the Storify with all of the great tweets that were shared...

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