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  • 40,000 kindergarten McCauley Culkins

    This action alert just popped into my inbox from MomsRising.com: Right now, more than 40,000 kindergarteners are home alone each day afterschool, with a total of more than 14,000,000 school-age kids on their own afterschool. Surprised? The reality is that most parents work now, and there are too few affordable and accessible afterschool ...
    Posted to The Red Thread (Weblog) by Veronica Arreola on February 22, 2008
  • When the lioness finally rears her head

    A recent 'discussion' over homelessness on this site* has gripped me like a tick. It won't let go. Not that I'm not reminded of homelessness every day when I pass the McDonald's on Ashland & Fullerton (?) or after work at the expressway ramp. But the homeless population I never see are the families and there's a good reason for that. ...
    Posted to The Red Thread (Weblog) by Veronica Arreola on August 14, 2007
  • Do we owe it to each other to work outside the home?

    The dreaded ''Mommy Wars'' usually pits working moms against stay at home moms. It took the genius of Sylvia Ann Hewitt and Linda Hirshman to top it off with a dollop of guilt. Hewitt began the baby panic with her 2002 book castigating us career gals with not having babies before we hit our ancient 30s. My all time favorite response was from ...
    Posted to The Red Thread (Weblog) by Veronica Arreola on July 16, 2007
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