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Working Moms Don't Hurt Their Kids, Study Says

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jul 22nd 2011 5:00PM

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You can stop feeling guilty if you work away from your kids during the day.
Well, a little less guilty, anyway. You are a mother. A certain amount of guilt is part of the job description. If not freedom from ...Report comes as good news for guilt-ridden working moms.
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Are You a Mousewife?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jan 27th 2009 6:00PM

When I was growing up, I knew very few kids who had moms working outside the home. With the exception of a few girls with divorced parents (also rare), just about everybody I knew came home to a full-time mother who relied solely on her husband to ...
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The Return of the 1950's Housewife

by Sandy Maple, Posted Dec 31st 2008 5:00PM

There was a time when stay-at-home moms looked to be on the verge of extinction. After being told that not only could they have it all, but that they should also want it tall, more and more women left their families and went out into the workplace to ...
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Nicole Kidman - Stay at Home Mom?

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Dec 17th 2008 10:00AM

Nicole Kidman isn't shy about how much she loves being a mom to Sunday Rose. But the Australia star has fallen so hard for motherhood, she's thinking of putting her career on hold. "I'm not saying I'm not that interested in making films anymore," ...
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Gwyneth Paltrow balances motherhood and a new movie

by Bethany Sanders, Posted May 5th 2008 6:00AM

When Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow stepped away from Hollywood to be a stay-at-home mom, people wondered if she had made the right decision. Like many women who put a successful career on hold to raise their kids, she was taking a ...
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Carme Chacon: When career and motherhood meet

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Apr 26th 2008 9:00AM

Carme Chacon is 37 years old and an expectant mom who is seven months pregnant. She's also the defense minister of Spain, which has put her in a difficult position. While Spain has a mandated 16-week maternity leave (paid maternity leave...lets hear ...
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8 tips for exercising at home

by Rachel Campos-Duffy, Posted Mar 4th 2008 1:00PM

I'm writing this post as a follow-up to one I wrote last week, where I talked about my struggle to find the time and energy to work out, especially now that I am in my third trimester of pregnancy. I received feedback from other moms wanting to talk ...
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What do stay-at-home moms do all day?

by Sandy Maple, Posted May 24th 2007 1:59PM

Today my favorite advice columnist, Carolyn Hax, responds to a reader's question about just what exactly a stay-at-home mom does all day. The reader, a childless woman, wrote Carolyn a letter in which she complains that her stay-at-home mom friend is ...
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Parent vs. Parent: Being a working parent sucks

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted May 7th 2007 10:00AM

I work from home on Thursdays, so I can take Jared to school and pick him up when it's over. Last Thursday, a couple of the moms waiting to pick up their kids told me that a few families were going camping and asked if we wanted to go. Naturally, I ...
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Mom frustration

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jun 7th 2006 12:00PM

Yesterday morning Nolan was demonstrating his new skill of violently wriggling away from me as I was trying to change his diaper.  I tugged him back toward me and firmly held his legs and his face screwed up in protest as he wrenched himself ...
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Calls for cease-fire on "Mommy Wars"

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted May 9th 2006 2:32PM

I admit it: before I was a stay-at-home Mom, I believed stay-at-home Moms had it easy.  Oprah all the livelong day!  Special multi-layered casseroles sprinkled with cheese, a pink-cheeked baby smiling serenely from his high chair! When I ...
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Mom's Salary: How Much Should You Get Paid?

by Jen Creer, Posted May 3rd 2006 2:31PM

I don't think it's really so much of a question of how much moms should get paid for what they do -- as WHO should pay them to do this? But here is the 2006 Mom Salary calculator. You can punch in your own jobs and calculate how much YOU should get ...
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The feminist elite talk back: L.'s story

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Jan 31st 2006 11:26PM

When Linda Hirshman wrote about how “elite” (read: college-educated) women who stay at home with their kids frustrate feminism, it got quite a response from you all. We continue a series of profiles of moms and whether or not they fit her ...
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The feminist elite talk back: Pewari's story

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Jan 28th 2006 11:47PM

When Linda Hirshman wrote about how “elite” (read: college-educated) women who stay at home with their kids frustrate feminism, it got quite a response from you all. We continue a series of profiles of moms and whether or not they fit her ...
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