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Watching Jon and Kate plus 8 makes me Feel Like a Wimp
By Work It, Mom!, on Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:30am PDTBy Nataly Kogan, originally written at Work It Mom. Right now I am sitting on the couch in our living room, surrounded by wrapping paper, gifts, ribbons, balloons, dishes, glasses, and numerous unidentified objects. I had to ask my husband to please bring my laptop from upstairs because I simply... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (32) | Blog
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Back home again.
By Gemini, on Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:21pm PDTI'm home. Meaning that I'm not working outside the home anymore. I was a stay at home mom for over 10 years when I had to return to work following a divorce. That whole time period was one of the scariest adventures that I've ever been on. I learned alot about myself and what I could do... Read More »
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Paid maternity leave shrinking as companies pull back on benefits
By Dory Devlin, Shine staff, on Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:34am PDTFrom the I-guess-it's-no-surprise-but-still-tremendously-disappointing files, the Wall Street Journal's Sue Shellenbarger reports that companies are pulling back on paid maternity leave benefits. As companies try to rein in benefits and disability costs, it makes sense that full pay during maternity leave would be among the benefits to be whittled away, but it it is a darn shame.
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To be clear, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act provides all employees with the right to take unpaid leave to care for a newborn baby or an ill family member. But about a decade ago, many companies were distinguishing themselves in their quest to hold onto talented employees by offering 100-percent paid leave post-childbirth, making it not only possible for women to take a leave to care for their newborns but also providing added incentive to return as soon as possible to an employer which had gone above and beyond. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (33) | Blog
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Top 10 Reasons Working Moms Rock
By DamselsInSuccess, on Wed May 28, 2008 10:13am PDTUntil I became pregnant, I generally believed being a woman both hurt and helped my career – it all came out in the wash, so to speak. When I became pregnant, I hit the glass ceiling twice. First interviewing while pregnant, and then getting underpaid by my old firm (see Economics of... Read More »
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Working Moms: You don’t need time to be creative!
By DamselsInSuccess, on Tue Apr 1, 2008 10:36pm PDT(my old article, I had to post it, so many people still talk about it helping moms...)As a working mom, I have been very stressed out with not being able to foster my children’s creativity in the tiny span of time we have together in the day. I leave before they are awake in the morning and due to... Read More »
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TLC ‘soccer mom’ show pits mom v. mom. Oh, that again.
By Dory Devlin, Shine staff, on Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:23pm PDTGreat. Just what we needed. One, another reality TV show. Two, a reality TV show that says it’s “celebrating stay-at-home-moms” when instead it is pouring fuel on the tired feud between moms in the work force and moms who work full time for no pay taking care of their kids. It’s a ridiculous woman-v.-woman debate that serves no one and divides and angers everyone. Read More »
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Tina Fey makes smart cool
By Dory Devlin, Shine staff, on Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:17pm PDTI can't tell you how many times I have thanked the heavens that my girls have Tina Fey. The "30 Rock" writer/producer/star of SNL fame makes smart cool, and none too soon.
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Before "30 Rock" I was hard-pressed to pick a favorite TV working-woman role model that I'd want my girls to watch week in, week out. Sure, there are all those smart, edgy crime-fighting women on the CSI shows, but where are all the geeky girl writers/students turned smart women who literally run the show?
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