Family Economic Security

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Childcare & Early Education Blog Carnivals

June 12, 2013

I’m a Dad. Even three years and two kids later, defining myself in that way still seems somewhat surreal. I’m also a Community Organizer. I have been for 13 years... and believe me that’s often very surreal as well. You see, the life of an Organizer isn’t like most. You are seen as a community...

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Adam Sotak

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

June 12, 2013

In addition to the individual stories being shared for the Father’s Day blog festival for MomsRising.org, I wanted to provide an overall discussion of the rapidly changing role of men in this discussion around a workplace supportive of employees and their family responsibilities. Often when there...

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Stan Kimer

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security

June 12, 2013

Here’s a quiz: see if you can figure out what kind of dad I am. If you ask them, my children may very well tell you I am their “fake daddy”. My children are not biologically related to me, don’t share my last name, and they all don’t even currently live with me. But I can assure you, I’m a real dad...

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Kevin Rogers

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

June 12, 2013

When my wife and I adopted Misha Gabrielle, our oldest daughter was a two-week old infant in the late summer of 1998, the last thing we had thought about was my paternity leave. My wife was working at a relatively progressive college, and she was able to take eight weeks off before returning to...

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Mark Anthony Neal

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

June 12, 2013

Every day, LGBT Americans face unexpected emergencies or life events requiring their care and attention—a worker comes down with the flu, a child is born, an adoption is finalized, a sick child is sent home from school, an elderly loved one is hospitalized. Many LGBT workers learn at these critical...

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Jared Make

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Childcare & Early Education

June 12, 2013

The day remains one of the most vibrant memories of my life. After months of preparation and a day at the hospital, our first child was born. Floating on cloud 9, and focused on taking care of what needed to be done in anticipation of her coming home, I quickly turned my attention back to work. It...

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David Leonard

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Health Care

June 12, 2013

I woke up with a startle. It was 1:30 AM and my wife was telling me we needed to go. It was time to have the baby. Luckily, our “nesting phase” had kicked in the previous weekend so we were already packed in anticipation of the big day. Luggage full of extra clothes, baby outfits, books, snacks,...

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Brady Bogenreif

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security

June 12, 2013

Something strange happens when I wear the baby. I slip into a black carrier, strap the baby in, make sure she’s snug, put a hat over her tiny head, then head out. A woman with a baby on her hip? So common most people wouldn’t notice. But a man, by himself, with a baby on his chest, bobbing and...

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Matt Pusateri

Family Economic Security

June 11, 2013

This article originally appeared in Mamiverse . I was at the supermarket checkout line when the cashier asked me if I wanted to make a donation for the needy. I would have liked to, but instead, I flashed my food stamps card and shook my head, saying: “I can’t. This time, I’m the needy.” The poor...

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Lorraine C. Ladish

Family Economic Security

June 10, 2013

Let's play a game: take out a slip of paper and write your salary down, crumple it up, and trade papers with a co-worker of the opposite sex. This is what one New York woman did just a few years ago and she was shocked by the results--she found out she was receiving far less compensation than a...

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