Tag Archives: Childcare
The Childcare Conundrum
Earlier this week the The Wall Street Journal reported on new legislation that would require parents to pay caregivers overtime for more than an 8-hour workday, and would mandate at least one day off per week along with holidays and … Continue reading
A Caregiver’s Worth Revisited
A few weeks ago I posted on “A Caregiver’s Worth.” Over the holidays, I received this response from reporter Ruth Mantell, who I quoted, clarifying her position. She writes: I want to clarify a point you made while discussing a column I … Continue reading
A Caregiver’s Worth
Last week Ruth Mantell at The Wall Street Journal‘s Marketwatch posted this ill-titled piece “Calculating the Value of Women’s Work.” I say ill-titled because what the article discusses is not “women’s work” per se, but rather work that has traditionally … Continue reading
Solutions for All Working Parents
I’ve been critical of Judith’s Warner’s New York Times blog in the past; however, her latest post “The Choice Myth” is a worthwhile read. Warner recaps new data suggesting that most stay-at-home mothers are disproportionately uneducated, low-income and of immigrant … Continue reading
The Opt-Out Revolution Numbers Game
Last week Lisa Belkin’s 2003 New York Times Magazine article “The Opt-Out Revolution” reared its ugly, mommy-wars inspiring head yet again, when Washington Post reporter Donna St. George took the time to parse 2007 census numbers on stay-at-home mothers. The … Continue reading
The Juggle Ramps Up Anxiety for Working Mothers
A couple of weeks ago psychologist Alison Gopnik wrote a widely read editorial in The New York Times about how babies learn. Her conclusion wasn’t earth-shattering — in fact many of us knew this already — we don’t need fancy … 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
Five Things You Can Do to Make Your Sitter’s Life Easier
A couple of days ago I posted five things you can ask your sitter to do to make your life easier. In all fairness, I felt that I should follow up with a post on what you can do to … Continue reading
How Michelle Obama Can Help
“Room for Debate” at The New York Times had a piece this weekend featuring “experts” exploring the ways that Michelle Obama might help working mothers in her new role as Chief Working Mother. I was shocked that none of the … Continue reading
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