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1 Survey Finds That Moms Say Having Baby Younger Is Better
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2 Say What? More Moms Are Moonlighting as Sex Phone Operators
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3 Jeff Bridges Has It All, Is That Possible For a Working Woman?
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4 Fighting Words from Anderson Cooper: Are Stay-at-Home Moms Lazy?
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5 OnSugar Blog: The Boss
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6 Interview With Nancy Kanter: Mom in Charge of Playhouse Disney Programming
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7 Office Baby Showers: On the Clock or After Hours?
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8 Female Athletes Have It Harder Than Other Working Women?
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9 New Mom Bethenny Frankel Isn't All Business Anymore!
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10 The Office: Do You Bring Your Child to Work?
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11 Does Mom Get More Satisfaction From Work or Family?
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12 Do Working Moms Raise Higher-Achieving Children?
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13 Juggling Kids and Career: How Mothers Are Remembered
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14 Have You Encountered Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace?
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15 Companies Biased Against Working Moms, Are They Less Committed?
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16 OnSugar Blog: Bad Mommy, Good Employee?
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17 OnSugar Blog: A Call Out For Working Moms
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18 Should Breast Pump Parts Be Hidden in the Workplace?
Oh, Anderson. Generally a bastion of solid journalism and insightful commentary, Anderson Cooper seems to have taken a cue from the talk show circuit with one of his recent shows, pitting stay-at-home moms against their work-outside-the-home counterparts. The show's clearly-for-ratings title — "Are Stay-at-Home Moms Lazy?" — is drawn from the outburst of one of the guest moms, who declares Read more
What are you wearing? Making ends meet is becoming increasingly challenging for many Americans, including many single moms, who will do just about anything to keep their families afloat. For some stay-at-home-moms that includes taking work of a slightly scandalous nature — as a sex-phone operator. A Good Morning America story about the stay-at-home-mom as sex phone operator phenomenon Read more
We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! Are you ready for this? Back in the ’70s, all we wanted was to “have it all.” A happy marriage, a good job, healthy kids — and a little bit of work/life balance. Ever since, working moms have put up the good fight, struggling to juggle a career and a home life without dropping the ball (any ball!). Now a new study Read more
Just how offensive is the lowly breast pump? After years of neglect, the US government is finally making breastfeeding a national issue, requiring employers of large companies to provide new moms with dedicated time and space for pumping (not including the bathroom, and issuing a report outlining steps "all sectors of the community" can take to remove the hurdles women face when trying to nurse. Read more
Lots of moms like to think out loud and Loctitious Goldilocks is one of them. Here is an excerpt from her first post on her new The Mumventures of Bionic Woman blog. So it all kicked off with my work you see, being an assistant headteacher in a secondary school has its challenges, but not the school kids. . . no, more like that work-life balance thing, so if you've cracked it please, let me know! Read more
Lots of moms like to think out loud, and trixie360 is one of them. Here is the latest post from her Nice Mommy, Mean Mommy blog. Or good mommy, bad employee? Seems like a pretty sh*tty deal if you have to choose. And choose we must. If I were to give my job everything I'm capable of, to put every ounce of drive and passion and creative fire into my work...I'd never see my kids. If I drove my Read more
When you ask a mother to choose between her child and her job, there's usually no contest. That's the maternal instinct, but should employers be blamed for taking that fact into consideration. A research firm that polled companies since the recession says that global corporations are less inclined to hire family women as of late. According to a Forbes report: According to the survey, bias Read more
Starting a family isn't always sunshine and rainbows at the office. And, a mama-to-be may be grilled about her plans before she's even hired. Though 61 percent of LilSugar moms said they wouldn't tell a potential boss they were pregnant, it happens and it's illegal. According to a Reuters report: Pregnancy discrimination claims at work are among the fastest growing category of claims reported Read more
Having kids and a career is a juggle and a struggle for moms who try and split their time and attention between the two. When a woman dies is she remembered more for having had a career or children? We asked our Facebook fans and Twitter followers. Here's what they had to say. "That depends on the person! We won't remember most celebrities for their motherhood when they die." — Darlene Read more
Here's one less reason working moms have to feel guilty about heading to work each day. According to a review of 50 years of research, kids whose mamas worked when they were under the age of 3 were more likely to be rated as "higher-achieving" by their teachers when they were older. In addition to being a role model for young tots, working mothers tend to bring extra money into the home, which Read more
