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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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Becoming a Mom Made Me Paranoid a Germaphobe

Facts, the Paranoid Mother's Best Friend

New Mommy Confession: I am more than a little paranoid

Maternity Leave Is a Necessity for Moms and Babies

Life with the Baby: Sometimes we don’t get her

My Baby's Reflux Almost Made Me Lose My Mind

Mommy Does Not Change Who You Are

Every Night With a New Baby is a Party

Life with the baby: The early days

Life with the baby: The Hospital and Week 1

This ain't no regular mommy blog!

The Brutal Truth About Natural Childbirth (Part II)