Most of the time, we think about marriage as a personal relationship. We strive to keep the spark, resolve the inevitable conflicts peacefully, protect our “couple time” and carve out some “me time”. Much less attention is paid to the other transactions that can occur in marriage, such as raising the children, providing the shelter, [...]
Mothers Day Declaration 2012
From Mothers Speak Out – feel free to add your name and contact info to the comments, post a picture of your motherlife, and caut and past the declaration onto your FB page, blog, crosstitch it and hang on your wall — whatever!! Together, Mothers Are Powerful. Last month’s furor over the remarks of political [...]
If Mother’s Day Could Last All Year
What would it take to make a country where mothers could bear and raise children in the best possible circumstances? How would such a place look? Would it look like the United States? Thanks to Save the Children’s State of the World’s Mothers Index for 2012, we already know a great deal about the building blocks [...]
Our “New Economy” Requires a Policy Solution for Care
I have copied this post from Cali Yost’s Work+life fit Blog. It is perfectly relevant and could not be expressed better! The Workplace Challenges Political Candidates Have to Address Posted: 02 May 2012 08:37 PM PDT It’s not your grandpa’s workplace anymore, but if you listen to the presidential and congressional candidates, it’s easy to [...]
Paid Leave Is Good for Economy
Hot off the presses – a new report finds access to paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child reduces the likelihood that a family will be forced to resort to public support or food stamps. Rutgers University and the National Partnership for Women & Families have analyzed data in the five U.S. states with [...]
Ann Romney and the Caring Economy: The Politics of Motherhood
By: Riane Eisler and Valerie Young Who says partisan politics only results in division, discord, and gridlock? After this week’s media frenzy over whether or not Ann Romney was “working” when she raised five boys, a consensus of sorts has emerged. Both Democrats and Republicans agree unreservedly that childrearing is a very important activity, valuable [...]
Parenting from Street Level
Your (Wo)Man in Washington has been laid low for a short time, but will return fit as fiddle shortly. In the meantime, here’s a great piece from Washington Post columnist Petula Dvorak about a parent who manages with less than ideal circumstances – a homeless father with his infant daughter. Parenting is hard, no matter [...]
The Boss, The Big Man, Loss…and Caregiving
While I hunt for those last elusive hidden eggs, writer and end-of-life issues expert Janice Lynch Schuster graciously permitted me to cross post her thoughtful piece about Bruce, Clarence, aging and care. It originally appeared on the Disruptive Women in Health Care blog. When Clarence Clemons died last spring, the air went out of [...]
All Our Problems Solved…Or Not
Journalist Liza Mundy sees a time, in the very near future, when women will earn more than men and the economic shift will transform our mating, marriage, and motherhood patterns. In The Richer Sex, Mundy points out that 4 of 10 wives currently are primary breadwinners, bringing in as much or more than their spouses. Women already [...]
Autism Caregiving Costs Hit Mothers’ Income More
(Would you, couild you, vote for me? Inching my way up the rankings in Circle of Mom’s Top 25 Political Mom Blogs. Thanks! We now return you to your regularly scheduled blog post….) Women now navigating the vast ocean of motherhood were likely born decades after the women’s liberation movement of the 1960′s and 70′s. Many [...]
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