Category Archives: Childcare
Improving Our Lives Through Nature
Wednesday’s Chautauqua Institution speaker was Richard Louv, author of Last Child in The Woods, and founder of the Children and Nature Network. Louv spoke about the decrease in green, free-play spaces in our neighborhoods, urban and suburban, and the effect … Continue reading
Investing in Working Mothers, Investing in Children
I’m lucky that my job has taken me to Chautauqua Institution for the next few days. Chautauqua is a summer learning community that hosts daily lectures from leading minds on a range of topics from science to art to music. This week … Continue reading
Bringing Baby to Work
When this article about bringing your baby to work came out in The New York Times a few months ago, I was skeptical. Trying to get real work done with a baby — much less a toddler — in your … Continue reading
Negative Reinforcement
I’ve been reading Leslie Bennett’s The Feminine Mistake, and she makes a compelling argument that women should stay in the workforce. However, one of the things that strikes me about this book, and many of it’s counterparts advocating for either … Continue reading
Is Your Nanny “Like Family?”
The New York Times had an interesting piece about Tasha Blaine’s new book Just Like Family: Inside the Life of Nannies, the Parents They Work for, and the Children They Love, which chronicles the personal and work lives of three … Continue reading
Your Facebook Photo, Your Choice
I’ve really been enjoying Slate’s new women-centric site, DoubleX. While I frequently don’t agree with the posters, the site is part of a trend of good writing on women’s issues that I’m seeing on the web. What’s more, these perspectives … Continue reading
A Mother’s Worth
Last week Salary.com came out with a survey valuing a mother’s work in the home (cooking, cleaning, laundry, childcare etc.) at $122,732 for stay-at-home moms, and an additional $76,184 for working mothers. I had a few issues with the survey, … Continue reading
Seven Reasons Not to Panic About Swine Flu
Newspapers and networks across the country are on 24/7 swine flu coverage, convincing all of us that The Stand is nigh. Even though there are clearly dangers relating to a pandemic, I’m not wild about the overblown reporting, if for … Continue reading
