Paid Family Leave

June 16, 2014

Mark Tyler and I have been talking about the ups and downs of being the at home parent. I asked him to write a post about his experience. After several weeks of writing between bouts of cooking, cleaning, hugging, story- telling, dressing, playing, undressing, bathing, brushing, combing, driving,...

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Valerie Young

Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

June 12, 2014

We're republishing this piece in celebration of Women's Equality Day and all Rep. Patsy Mink did to move women's rights forward.

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Shay Chan Hodges

Meet Up!

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

June 11, 2014

On Monday, June 23rd, MomsRising members from across the country are coming to Washington, D.C. to deliver kites to the President on how our families need a lift because outdated Mad Men-era, work place policies are hurting our families and our nation’s economic security.

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Elyssa Schmier

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

June 9, 2014

In honor of Father’s Day, coming up later this week, I’m pleased to share a special guest post from Scott Behson . Scott is a Professor of Management at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He also writes a popular blog about work-family balance for fathers, Fathers, Work and Family . Scott frequently...

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Liz Ben-Ishai

Take Crafty Action!

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

June 9, 2014

Would you gather some friends (or even gather just your kids or grandkids) and draw on a paper kite that we can send to President Obama (and deliver to Congress too!)?

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Ruth Martin

Blog Carnivals Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

May 7, 2014

As we prepare for the 10th anniversary of the implementation of Paid Family Leave, California Work & Family Coalition members have a lot to be excited about.

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Jenya Cassidy

Paid Family Leave

May 7, 2014

When I look back on my childhood, a lot of what I remember was instability from my mother’s job.

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Hong Van Pham

Paid Family Leave

May 7, 2014

For Mother’s Day, Congress should take action to pass a policy that would make a huge difference for working moms – paid family and medical leave insurance.

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Linda Meric

Blog Carnivals Paid Family Leave

May 7, 2014

For a country that claims to value families, the United States does little to show it when it comes to the workplace.

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Debra L. Ness

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

May 6, 2014

In 1996, Bill Clinton officially announced that motherhood was not work. He did this through his Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act . This legislation stated that people could no longer receive benefits unless they fulfilled 30 hours per week of out-of-home work requirements. Clinton...

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Julia B. Rosenblatt