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To Work or Not to Work after baby…Can you afford it? Part 2

Deciding whether or not to return to work following maternity leave can be a tough question for every family to answer. While the issue is a highly personal one there are some financial issues to consider.  In part one of this post we discussed financial issues, increased insurance/ medical costs and those ever important diapers.  [...]

To Work or Not to Work after baby…Can you afford it? Part 1

Deciding whether or not to return to work following maternity leave can be a tough question for every family to answer. While the issue is a highly personal one there are some financial issues to consider.   1-     Do you have paid/ partial paid or unpaid maternity leave?  The majority of U.S. businesses don’t offer [...]

Michelle Obama on work life balance

Michelle Obama’s  speech yesterday on work life balance was so interesting that we’ve posted the entire transcript. It is worth reading. The first lady: Acknowledges one income doesn’t cut it anymore How hard it is for single parents, and that 22 million working women  don’t have a single paid sick day. Mayflower Hotel Washington, D.C. [...]

Clinton Used To Be Her Boss, Now Kids Rule

How much would you sacrifice for more flexibility? 20% of your salary? More? Dee Dee Myers says flexibility is now the most important quality she has in her work.

Recession: Equality time bomb for working women

Six out of ten women think the recession is an equal opportunity time bomb for working women, just tick, tick, ticking away waiting to explode, finds a new survey by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. What’s happening? During a recession, many women turn lemons into lemonade. Working women see redundancy as an “opportunity to exit corporate life during the recession [...]

3 Important Things About Mothers Who Work

Seeing that it is again late on a Sunday night, I really did like this post over at Authentic Organizations about “Mothers Who Work”. 1: Every mother is a working mother. 2: Every mother is a full-time mother. 3: For families with means, the opportunity for either parent to work at home as a full-time, [...]