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“Working Parent Confessions” of New York’s Governor Paterson

From time to time I criticize The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other big media for their coverage of working parent issues.  But if there’s one sacred cow in my life, it’s been public radio.  That is … Continue reading

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To Stay at Home or Not to Stay at Home

Over on Babble, Oz Spies is posting a very honest conversation with herself about the possibility of leaving her job to become a full time stay-at-home mom.  (Side note: how can she do this so publicly without tipping off her … Continue reading

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Working Mothers: Still the Root of All Evil

Thank you, Catherine Ostler, for this response to the recent Church of England/Children’s Society study blaming working mothers (and women’s “economic independence”) for a host of family ills.  Babble’s Strollerderby also protests the report’s assumptions here, and Feminist Philosophers talk … Continue reading

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The Perils of a Stay-at-Home Husband

Babble had this interesting essay from Hannah Otero this week about having a stay-at-home husband.  Even though Papa Bee is the kind of guy who would probably be a very good stay-at-home Dad, we have always veered away from this … Continue reading

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