Community Server

My daughter loves to read ''And Tango Makes Three,'' although we haven't read it in quite some time. She loves penguins and thinks that lil Tango is ''oh, so cute!'' Through the book and other real life interactions I believe that she has a good grasp on the idea that families come in many different varieties. But I've been intentional in this ...

The hardest part about raising a daughter has been watching my mouth. I swear a lot. I use the F-word A LOT. I also take almost any opening I get to say something negative about my body.''Oh these chicken breasts are huge!'' I bet they could at least button their shirt. As women, I think we all do this. As a woman who isn't a size 8 much ...

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 ...

I haven't gotten my paczki yet, but we did vote this morning. There is a blurry photo of my daughter holding up our ''Thank you for voting'' receipt. We all got up extra early because I feared that with the snow coming in the evening others might wake early to connect the arrow and vote. But nope, no wait when we got there and it was quick & ...

So, seriously what happened to the flight and what is the relevancy of Bob? Continuing from part one of my post, “Working Mama Becomes Ultimate Business Traveler Mama – (and Who is Bob)”, I had now sat through two flight delays, and, ultimately, cancellations, while trying to get out to White Plains, NY on a business trip to Darien, CT. The ...

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. ...

For the record, I'm not supporting anyone in the 2008 election at this point. I'm watching, reading, and trying to decide between a few candidates. I am voting for a Democrat, but occasionally like what I hear from a few GOP candidates. Today thou is a whole 'nother story. In today's The Swamp, Sen. Obama rips into former-MA Gov. ...

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 ...

What does the Mommy Wars, the Summer of the Shark, and the Summer of Stranger Abductions have in common? All creations of the mainstream media. The facts are that most women who have children flow in and out of the workforce and even those who are classified as stay-at-home run businesses (Avon, Tupperware) or are freelance ...

When do you know when you are ready to have a baby? That question is fundamental to today's women. We have so many choices that it is overwhelming. A few years ago Sylvia Ann Hewlett tried to scare us all into getting pregnant by stating that if we're not pregnant by 27, our best eggs are gone! In her memoir, Baby Love, Rebecca Walker ...