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Advice to Employers: Please Create Policies Assuming All Worker Are Single

Me and my daughter Motherhood is harder than it needs to be. This is partially because of the inexcusable work/life policies in the U.S., but also because of our own outsized expectations. We are living in an age when the ideal mom is a mash-up between the helicopter mom, the corporate exec, and the earth mama — and there's just not enough high-efficiency, low-emissions biofuel to go around.  –Elissa Strauss,  Why I don't want 'mom friends' We just celebrated "Mother's Day" and honored mothers and other women who help make the world and our families a better place. Every year at this time, I think about what mothers really need to be successful and independent. I say, "independent" because developing policies and legislation that are premised on the notion that all working moms have supportive families and/or spouses is not in the best interest of working moms. Instead, Corporate America and Congress should develop policies and legislation that p

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Working Mom Tales: The Price of Business Trips

Reading on the Run: A Resource for Busy Women!

Toddler Tales: If Toddlers Could Talk

Wednesday Words of Wisdom: Look Before You Leap!

Toddler Tales: Tantrums Happen

Mommy Mondays: Toddlers Are Fast Learners!

Parenting Lessons: Don't Watch "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle"

Toddler Tales: Helping is Fun!

Perfect Mommy Moments...

Happy Mothers' Day: To Women Who Wear the Most Glorious Crown

Working Mom Confessions: My Business Trip

Being a Mother is an Exercise in Great Faith...

Mothers, Daughters and Math May Not Mix...

Time Flies When you Have a Toddler!

Motherhood: Babies, Blogging and Happiness

Nap Time and the Toddler...

Twitter Tuesday! (with correction)

It's still Twitter Tuesday!

Twitter Tuesday!