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We've all heard about Murphy's Law (whatever can go wrong, will). And the Law of Averages (everything evens out in the end). And Newton's Third Law of Motion (every action has an equal and opposite reaction).
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Well, The Laws of Working Moms incorporate a little bit of each -- and then some. To wit:
1.) If you have an early meeting, or if the children need to be at school early for a field trip or other event, someone will be up at least twice during the night -- which means you will be, too.
2.) The toddler will sneeze mightily in your face the day before he comes down with a ferocious cold.
3.) Your kids' school or daycare will shut down due to Swine Flu the week after your kids have been out sick with a cold. (Corollary: Your kids will not have the H1N1/Swine Flu virus.) Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (32) | Blog
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Moms, execs, assistants, or entrepreneurs, many of us women could have simultaneous careers as travel agents. “Mind travel” agents, that is. What’s mind travel? It happens when we set our sites on a accomplishing a goal, and then mentally survey the landscape containing everything else that…
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By Laurie Kilmartin.
It was 8:45 PM on a Saturday night and the babysitter was not here. I had to be onstage, telling jokes at a New York City comedy club, at 9:15. I'd already left her a voicemail in my high school Spanish.
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Unfortunately, most the moms I know tend to take on a lot of, mostly unfounded and unnecessary, "mother guilt."
So I was so happy, when asked the other day about putting my kids in more child care, that I realized I didn't feel guilty.
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Study finds big pay gap between working moms and women with no children.
We've heard the numbers before about the
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By Meredith O'Brien/Mommy Track'd *Warning: Spoilers from the film Coraline ahead* Bringing my twin 10-year-olds to see the dark, stop-action, animated film
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I understand that moms these days have to work, with the way that the economy is going. I am a stay-at-home mom of four children. I absolutely love kids and have been doing daycare off and on for about 10 years. I am just curious to see what other moms pay out for what they think is great…
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The always beautiful actress Julianne
Moore, 48, graces the cover of Redbook's February
issue, and she talks about family, being a working mom and her
charity involvement with Save the Children.
Here are a few highlights from the interview:
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<em>By Nataly Kogan, from <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.workitmom.com">Work It, Mom!</a></em><br><br><img alt="Reuters via Yahoo! News" title="Reuters via Yahoo! News" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/shine/work/michelle_2008_11_11t075308_450x337_us_obama.jpg" align="left" width="399" height="299">Between the horrid economic news that doesn't seem to end, Thanksgiving travel, and holiday shopping on a tight budget. I've been behind on my reading about the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/12/michelle_obama/index.html" target="_blank">momification of Michelle Obama</a>. But now I’m caught up and I have a few things to say on the topic, not surprisingly.<br><br> <p>As background, what upsets some working women, and what has been termed the momification of Michelle Obama, is her decision to put her career on hold and her announcement that once Barack Obama becomes our next President she will assume the role of mom-in-chief. As a working woman whose career is very important to me, I don’t get what the fuss is all about. Read More »
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