One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Celebrate the Seasons With Traditions

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Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ! Things have been busy. I am still a working mom of three, working full time who is trying to make a difference. I do a lot of things and try to be present so that I can learn from them. I share them on this blog so that we can learn together. Below are some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world. "Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world."— Susan Lieberman   Traditions have a way of defining a family, provide stability and give hope. They are especially important for woking moms who spend so much time working to provide for their family that they may miss some of the "traditional" mom things like bake sales, volunteering at the book fair, and a host of actual and seemingly made up holidays.  They are also important for families trying to reinvent themselves in the wake of d...
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Guest Post: Request for Assistance

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Below is a request from a PhD student who planning to complete her dissertation on the topic of African-American Mom Blogs. As a reader of this blog, she would love your feedback. Below is more information:

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Calling all readers of African-American mom blogs!

Hi, I'm author, doctoral candidate, and editor Shonell Bacon, and I am conducting a study on the blogging practices of African-American mom bloggers.

I invite you to participate in my study by taking a survey geared toward readers of these blogs.

To understand the blogging practices of African-American mom bloggers, it is important to explore the readers of these blogs. Your participation in the survey will enable me to do that.

The online survey consists of 23 questions. It will take no longer than 30 minutes to complete.

Names and e-mail addresses will not be used in this research.

If you are interested in participating, please click the following link that will take you to the survey at SurveyMonkey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mommyblogreaders. Once you arrive at the link, you will read a short introduction before clicking “Next” to begin the survey.

Again, if you are interested in participating, please click the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mommyblogreaders.


If you have any questions, you can contact Shonell at shon.bacon@ttu.edu.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Shonell Bacon, Doctoral Candidate, shon.bacon@ttu.edu

Dr. Craig Baehr, Associate Professor, craig.baehr@ttu.edu
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Shonell Bacon said…
Thank you for posting this!
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