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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

Mothers, Daughters and Math May Not Mix...

Friday Tip: Pittsburgh Kidapalooza Family Festival (Win Free Tickets!)

Terrific Tuesday: Mardi Gras, mom style

$20.00 off any Fisher-Price babygear swing

Whitney Houston: Lessons for Working Women

Drinking My Way to Fat Tuesday...

I am mothering in flats, but they are by Tory Burch!

Friday Tip: Discount Date for Parents

Wonderful Wednesday: Save Big at Brookstone!

Terrific Tuesday: It’s Valentine’s Day!

Mommy Confession: Phone Time is often a Disaster!

Friday Tip: Save on Flowers for Valentine's Day

My Lucky Valentine: Blue Nile Giveaway