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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

Working Mom Tip: Getting Your Home Ready for Holiday Guests (a guest post)

Comments about the Newtown Connecticut Tragedy From a Working Mom: It’s the End of the World as We know it

When a Working Mom's Schedule Turns Upside Down! (#Stress)

A Working Mom Shares Vacation Memories on a Winter Day... (#Winter)

Working Mom Tip: One Dish Chicken and Rice Dish

Thanksgiving Comments from a Dad (#Thanksgiving)

Forget the calendar. Winter has arrived. Snow is falling… (#Winter)