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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

Let's Hear it for the Daddies (Happy Father's Day!)

A Lesson for my son on Father's Day

Comments About Oprah's USC Commencement Speech

Working Mom Weekends

Friday Tip: Enjoy a Cheap Date Night at Eddie Merlot's

Kate Spade's Number One Lesson For Working Moms: Get Help When You Need It

Good News, Girls With Working Moms Win!

Celebrating Memorial Day Weekend

Celebrating a Sunny Day in Pittsburgh

Friday Tip: Blessed is better than perfect

Four Things Working Moms Really Want for Mother's Day

The Children's Museum is One of the Best Things About Pittsburgh

Inspiring Stories About Working Moms