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Your Comeback to the Request, "Don't Go to Work, Mom!"

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:28:35 +0000

Two friends of mine recently went back to work after staying home with their kids for years. One is working part-time while her children are in school and the other is working nights and weekends.

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Your Comeback to the Request, "Don't Go to Work, Mom!" originally appeared on About.com Working Moms on Saturday, May 18th, 2013 at 08:28:35.

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Brush Up on the Working Moms' Dictionary

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:34:20 +0000

One of the dangers of being a journalist on a beat is that you start using the buzzwords and short hand phrases of your area of interest without remembering that readers may not be familiar with terms like "mommy track" or "motherhood penalty." I was reminded of this during a conversation last weekend with my parents and a couple of their friends.

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Brush Up on the Working Moms' Dictionary originally appeared on About.com Working Moms on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 at 06:34:20.

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What I Wish I'd Learned in Kindergarten

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:03:50 +0000

When my daughter started kindergarten, we had prepared her so thoroughly. We'd arranged playdates with other incoming kindergarteners at our local elementary school, drilled her on reading and math, taught her the home phone number and address, and reviewed the daily schedule ad nauseum. Is it any wonder that she jumped onto the school bus on the first day with nary a glance back?

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What I Wish I'd Learned in Kindergarten originally appeared on About.com Working Moms on Monday, April 29th, 2013 at 13:03:50.

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My Book Review of How Children Succeed

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:17:10 +0000

Everywhere you turn these days, people seem to be talking about how to raise successful children, the topic of journalist Paul Tough's book How Children Succeed. Clicking through the channels the other day, I caught Ezekiel Emanuel speaking on MSNBC about his new book The Brothers Emanuel, which explores how the Emanuel family produced a high-powered Hollywood agent, a White House chief of staff and acclaimed doctor and bioethicist.

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My Book Review of How Children Succeed originally appeared on About.com Working Moms on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 at 17:17:10.

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Explore What Is Positive Parenting

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:34:47 +0000

When I first heard about positive parenting, from a colleague of my husband's, it sounded like hippy nonsense. We had already adopted the preschool's discipline method of counting to three and expecting the children to modify their behavior during that count. Why did we need to use only positive, encouraging methods of parenting when punishment and threats seemed so effective?

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Explore What Is Positive Parenting originally appeared on About.com Working Moms on Friday, March 29th, 2013 at 17:34:47.

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The Ultimate Staycation Begins Today!

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:18:32 +0000

Spring break begins tonight, in our neck of the woods. But instead of jetting off to the mountains and the ocean tomorrow night, I've got exciting things planned here at home: laundry, spring cleaning and bike rides with the kids. That's right, folks, the staycation begins at 5 p.m. (Except for one last work task Monday morning.)

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The Ultimate Staycation Begins Today! originally appeared on About.com Working Moms on Friday, March 22nd, 2013 at 15:18:32.

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Writing the Dreaded Self Evaluation

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:38:36 +0000

Years ago, a previous employer required every employee to write a self evaluation as part of the annual review process. We had to sum up our performance over the previous year, identify major accomplishments and explain any lapses or missed goals. I dreaded it with every fiber of my being.

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Writing the Dreaded Self Evaluation originally appeared on About.com Working Moms on Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 at 22:38:36.

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The Ultimate Book Review of "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:21:03 +0000

After weeks of pleading, I finally received a review copy of Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, just a day before it was released to the public. So please forgive me for being a bit late to the discussion of women "leaning in" to careers begun in the New York Times, Slate and Huffington Post, among others. (Can I make up for the delay with an overambitious headline?)

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The Ultimate Book Review of "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg originally appeared on About.com Working Moms on Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 at 15:21:03.

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Best Buy Joins Backlash Against Flexible Work

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:46:01 +0000

On the heels of Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer cancelling telework across the company, Best Buy has ended its flexible work program, known as Results-Only Work Environment, one of the earliest and more prominent examples of corporate workplace flexibility. The program let white-collar employees -- not retail store workers -- telecommute or work the alternative schedules they desired as long as they achieved desired business results.

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Best Buy Joins Backlash Against Flexible Work originally appeared on About.com Working Moms on Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 at 14:46:01.

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Inspired by Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg -- What Is Your Work-Life Vision?

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:19:51 +0000

This week has been filled with one catchy headline after the next about Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer banning telework company-wide and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's upcoming book Lean In that reportedly encourages working women to seize professional opportunities rather than backing away from them from fear of disrupting their work-life balance. (I haven't been able to get a book galley from Sandberg's publicist, or I would give you a first-hand report!)

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Inspired by Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg -- What Is Your Work-Life Vision? originally appeared on About.com Working Moms on Thursday, February 28th, 2013 at 16:19:51.

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