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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

Random Thoughts from a Working Mom: An Impractical Valentine's Day Gift

Most Working Moms Find Snow Days Challenging, but not Bethenny Frankel (#enoughalready)

A Peek Into the Life of a Working Mom: Relief From the Winter Blues

A Peek Into the Life of a Working Mom: Things to Do on a Snow Day

Working Mom Rants--The Death of the Supermom!

The Joy of Holidays as a Working Mom (#MLKDay)

Working Mom Tips: Saving Cash in 2014