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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

Wednesday Words of Wisdom: Flexibility, one secret to success

Hurricane Irma Made Me Count My Blessings

Working Mom Confessions: A Morning with a Fashion Emergency

How to Rock The School Season Like a Boss! #backtoschool

Wordless Wednesday: Enjoying the last days of summer

Working Mom Tip: Celebrate the End of Summer at Idlewild Park (“Best Kids Park in the World”)!

Back-to-School Wisdom: Sometimes Mama Gets to Be a Hero!

Five Lessons Learned from the Solar Eclipse #SolarEclipse17

Thoughts About the "Unite the Right Rally" from a Mom

Support 412 Food Rescue and Get Your Caffeine Fix #412FoodRescue

The Kindness of Strangers, a Working Mom's Key to Survival

The Number One Reason Working Moms Need Weekends to Feed Their Souls!

Uber May Be One Way to Make Your Dreams Come True