All Entries Tagged With: "Mothers Who Work"
Trailing Spouse: Is there any Uglier Name?
This is part of a series about relocating a family internationally, called What I’ve Lost, What I’ve Gained, for BlogHer’s month of blogging. What do you call a woman or a man who follows her spouse as he or she relocates for work, often sacrificing a career and identity? These spouses pack up the family, [...]
Women still earn less despite other gains, says White House report
photo credit: imperiousimages The report, Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being, released yesterday, is said by the White House to be the most comprehensive report on the state of women in 50 years. There is nothing surprising really in the report. Most of us know the data. What is surprising, shocking and [...]
Slobby mommies unite
Slobproof book giveaway plus freebies and furniture Are you a slob? I am. As a busy working mom with two kids, a full-time job, a healthy interest in socializing, reading, exercising, cooking and blogging, something has to give. That big horrifying Halloweenish thing is The Housework. When I first heard The Slob Queen, as I [...]
Suits are dead!!!
Is the working woman’s suit dead? Should it be? What do you think? Jill Mikols Etesse says it is. She gives her views on professional women’s suits and separates. Jill spends her free time tearing apart girlfriends’ closets and making new outfits out of old ones (they pay her with champagne). We pay her with kisses … virtual ones. Add yours below in the comments.
Best places for working moms to work
If you are a stay-at-home (SAHM) mom thinking about going back to work, or a working mom or dad trying to switch jobs, add the 2010 Working Mother 100 Best Companies list to your research. It gives a description of each company’s policies, the number of women among top earners, etc. Each profile includes an [...]
New guidelines for moms who nurse at work
A bathroom is not the right place for nursing mothers. If your boss thinks it is okay, tell him or her to go eat their lunch in there. A new fact sheet makes this clear. Employers are required to provide “a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion [...]
5 Things I Learned While My Kids Were Tugging at My Suitcase
Phaedra Cucina is a working mom advocate and the author of the acclaimed children’s book, My Mommy’s on a Business Trip. In this guest blog post, she provides advice on how to put the best positive outlook on business travel that takes you away from your home and family. Business trips are rough on kids. [...]
Working moms: Is guilt like your pelvic floor?
Jayne Jennings & Valerie McDougall founded Guilt Free Business Mothers.com after conducting an international survey of women business owners and work life balance. Their free e-White Paper on the results, including strategies of successful work life balancers, is now available. In this guest blog they share a result that set them thinking about pelvic floor [...]
Who’s afraid of talking work-life balance? Ahem, men
Jonathan Prial is still unusual. He’s a top exec, a dad and a vocal advocate in his company, on his blog BalancedBits and in his personal life of the need for more work and family balance … and for lots more discussion on its importance by men as well as women. In this guest post, [...]
Moms: Just say “No”
How can working moms handle the endless demands on their time? Why do we find it hard to just say no? When we asked guest blogger Karen Keller how moms can say “no,” she wrote a two-part series. Here’s part two: Direct your focus: Consider the 80/20 rule; 80% of your focus should be [...]
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