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SMILING IT FORWARD™ through Halloween
This is a guest post by Reesa from MommaLew - check her out there! The following post is sponsored by TYLENOL®. While Halloween is meant to be all in good fun, for many children it’s stressful and frightening. As a mom, it’s heartbreaking to see your child not enjoying him/herself. I noticed my son, now 6, has…
Bowl of Condoms in My Bathroom?
Not surprisingly, recent headlines about free birth control really caught Americas attention.
The Pitfalls Of Teaching Our Daughters To Be “Nice”
In one short, 12-day span, The New York Times published two articles that serves as feminist bookends, of a sort, regarding the pitfalls facing women when we try to be too darn nice.
Paying for the Pill
When I was in college, I was on the pill, and every month I would dutifully make the trek down to the student health center, where I would get a refill on my prescription. The refills cost me five dollars; a small price to pay to avoid getting pregnant at a time when a baby would have derailed my entire future.
An Exceptional Journey: Lessons on Working Motherhood from Janice Dean
I recently came upon the story of Janice Dean, a meteorologist for the FOXNews channel and mother of two young boys. Janices story of working motherhood was particularly interesting to me, as she has Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a chronic disease that attacks the central nervous system, which is made up of the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves.My blog, the PRIMARY DILEMMA, is about diversity among working mothers and the challenges that they face. Janices story of managing working motherhood with MS, amplifies the challenges of work-family balance and I thought could teach us all something about ourselves. I spoke with Janice on the phone, and the interview was thought-provoking and inspiring. The following are lessons that all working moms can learn from Janices exceptional journey.