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- Top Working Mom Blog Posts of 2009Created: 2009-12-19 @ 22:06:49 EST
Top Working Mom Blog Posts of 2009. The top working mom blog posts of 2009 revolved around famous working moms and the health and well-being of our children. The working mom blog posts that sparked… - Working Moms Site of the Week Index for 2009Created: 2009-12-18 @ 10:19:41 EST
Every Friday, the Working Moms blog features a Web site of interest to working mothers, on working mother topics from work-life balance to child care to family-friendly government policies. The sit… - Working Mothers Site of the Week - Internet Sites for Working Mother…Created: 2009-12-18 @ 10:19:06 EST
Every Friday, the Working Moms blog features a Web site that working mothers will find interesting, on topics from work-life balance to child care to family-friendly government policies. This is th… - Moms' Sex Life - 5 Ways to Make Time for Mom's Sex Life…Created: 2009-12-14 @ 13:21:12 EST
Moms' sex life may seem like an oxymoron - who has time for romance and intimacy amid dirty diapers, school homework and children's activities? But moms' sex life is one of the important sources of… - Mothers sex lifeCreated: 2009-12-11 @ 21:51:02 EST
Mothers sex life… - The Best Pocket Camcorder According to YouCreated: 2009-12-08 @ 18:42:44 EST
The best pocket camcorder for one mom isn't always the best pocket camcorder for her best friend. Please share your favorite -- and least favorite -- pocket camcorder. Yes, the videocamera on your … - Efficient E-mail Management -- How Can I Make E-mail Management More…Created: 2009-11-22 @ 23:19:54 EST
American professionals spend up to 40 percent of the workday on email management and information storage, according to one study. That leaves little time to get the rest of your work done, much les… - Email ManagementCreated: 2009-11-22 @ 23:14:06 EST Updated: 2009-11-22 @ 23:15:06 EST
Email Management… - Work Life Balance adviceCreated: 2009-11-22 @ 22:51:44 EST
Work Life Balance advice… - 5 Comments to Avoid Saying to a Working Mom - Working Mom Comments t…Created: 2009-11-10 @ 06:11:32 EST Updated: 2009-11-10 @ 06:21:02 EST
When you're a working mom, some comments just rub you the wrong way. The speaker may mean no harm in his comments to a working mom, but the underlying assumptions may still be offensive. People sho… - Working Mother Pet Peeve Comments - Working Mothers Share Comments T…Created: 2009-11-10 @ 06:08:59 EST
Every working mother has heard a comment that raises her hackles. Most of us can remember a working mother comment that made us see red. Read on to learn the comments that working mothers most hate… - Working Motherhood Commandments -- the 10 Commandments for Working M…Created: 2009-11-10 @ 05:49:31 EST
Motherhood is hard enough before you throw in work. Once you're juggling a job, parenting, self-care and adult relationships, you start praying for guidance about how to handle working motherhood. … - Thrifty Thursday Tips for Moms -- Save Money on Thrifty ThursdayCreated: 2009-11-05 @ 06:47:08 EST
Thursdays are thrifty here at the About Working Moms blog. On Thrifty Thursday, I feature a set of money saving tips or ideas for tightening your household budget. Please feel free to contribute yo… - How Can Work Travel Be Less Disruptive to Family? FAQ on Making Work…Created: 2009-10-27 @ 11:53:48 EDT
How can I make work travel less disruptive to my family? Work travel invariably means a different set of routines for your children. You can make work travel easier by leaving a framed photo of you… - Job Sharing Secrets -- A Guide to Success at Job SharingCreated: 2009-10-16 @ 15:01:16 EDT
Job sharing is often touted as the solution for working moms -- or dads -- who want to pursue a high-powered career while raising a family. But putting job sharing into effect is more difficult tha… - Have You Seen Pregnancy Discrimination? Share Your Stories of Pregna…Created: 2009-10-13 @ 23:31:38 EDT
Pregnancy discrimination is illegal, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Have you seen a colleague suffer at work for being pregnant? Or have you suspected pregnancy discrimination against you… - What Is Job Share? -- Learn What Is a Job ShareCreated: 2009-10-07 @ 11:13:42 EDT
What is a job share? In its simplest form, a job share lets two employees split a work week. But answering the question, "what is job share" just takes the first step in implementing this… - Does My Child Love the Babysitter More Than Me? -- Babysitter Love Q…Created: 2009-09-27 @ 13:50:46 EDT Updated: 2009-09-27 @ 14:02:17 EDT
When my one-year old child is sleepy or hurt or hungry, he cries for the babysitter he loves. Does my child love the babysitter more than me? When working moms first turn over a child to another ca… - Do You Worry Your Child Loves the Babysitter More Than You? Share St…Created: 2009-09-27 @ 13:44:06 EDT
Working moms sometimes worry that their child loves the babysitter more than mommy. Share the stories that make you think your child loves the babysitter more -- and read other moms' tales of rejec… - Working Mother Best Companies -- The Best Companies According to Wor…Created: 2009-09-22 @ 07:51:19 EDT
The Working Mother Best Companies help guide working moms who want to know which employers have family-friendly policies on the books. While your individual experience will depend on your job, work… - Kids Halloween Fun -- 5 Easy Ways to Make Your Kid's Halloween Fun…Created: 2009-09-17 @ 10:13:44 EDT Updated: 2009-09-17 @ 15:08:48 EDT
Forget the elaborate parties and expensive decorations. At Halloween, kids just want to have a good time and eat candy until they're sick. Here are 5 ideas to make your kids' Halloween fun without … - Best Halloween Ever -- Stories of the Best Halloween, and the WorstCreated: 2009-08-27 @ 13:04:54 EDT Updated: 2009-08-27 @ 13:06:18 EDT
What was the best Halloween from your childhood? What was the worst? Share stories of the best Halloween you or your children enjoyed -- and the stories about your worst Halloween experiences… - More Commandments for Working Moms -- Share the Commandments That Gu…Created: 2009-08-21 @ 12:09:07 EDT
How many times have you wished a higher power would just tell you how to juggle work and a family? We all develop our own commandments for life as a working mom. Here's your chance to share the pri… - Army Wives' Joan Burton -- Profile of Joan Burton, Character in Army…Created: 2009-08-20 @ 15:02:55 EDT
The Lifetime drama [i]Army Wives[/i] portrays Joan Burton, a working mom balancing a military career with her marriage and newborn baby. [i]Army Wives'[/i] Joan Burton is a lieutenant colonel in t… - U.S. Journalist Euna Lee -- Profile of Working Mom Euna LeeCreated: 2009-08-20 @ 15:01:26 EDT
Working mom Euna Lee gained international prominence when she and colleague Laura Ling were detained in North Korea while reporting for Current Media about trafficking of women along the China-Nort… - Organizing Tips for Working Moms -- Make Your Life Easier With These…Created: 2009-07-28 @ 12:21:21 EDT Updated: 2009-07-28 @ 12:23:59 EDT
Could you use some new organizing tips? From the moment you wake until you collapse into bed at night, these organizing tips will make your day easier and give you more time for fun… - Back to School Facts -- Get the Numbers on Back to SchoolCreated: 2009-07-20 @ 13:43:25 EDT
It's time to go back to school! We spend $7.6 billion on clothes in August, in large part for back to school. This fall, 76 million children and adults will go back to school. Learn these and other… - Learn About a Job Share -- From Picking a Job Share Partner to Under…Created: 2009-07-20 @ 11:29:28 EDT Updated: 2009-07-20 @ 11:36:52 EDT
A job share may sound good to you -- less income, but the ability to truly step away from work. But before you enter into a job share, it's important to understand how to succeed at this unique fle… - Two Women Job Sharing Should Know the Disadvantages -- What's the Do…Created: 2009-07-18 @ 17:11:50 EDT Updated: 2009-07-18 @ 17:13:06 EDT
Many working moms with high-pressure jobs think, if only two women job sharing could fill this position! Job sharing can be a terrific solution for employees who want challenging careers and lots o… - FAQ's About Job Sharing and Its Benefits -- What Are the Benefits of…Created: 2009-07-17 @ 23:38:41 EDT Updated: 2009-07-18 @ 22:29:20 EDT
It's easy to see why overworked employees might want to job share. But FAQ's about job sharing also include what are the benefits, what are the pitfalls and how to implement job sharing. Read on fo… - How to React to the Swine Flu Pandemic -- What Does the Swine Flu Pa…Created: 2009-07-14 @ 11:02:20 EDT Updated: 2009-07-14 @ 11:05:07 EDT
The swine flu pandemic of 2009 makes it more important than ever for working moms and dads to know swine flu symptoms and save up days off work. The swine flu pandemic means an outbreak is possible… - Working Moms Site of the Week - Internet Sites for Working Moms…Updated: 2009-12-11 @ 09:58:32 EST
Every Friday, the Working Moms blog features a Web site that working moms will find interesting, on topics from work-life balance to child care to family-friendly government policies. This is an al… - Flip Mino Camcorder Review - a Review of the Flip Mino Camcorder…Updated: 2009-12-09 @ 09:09:18 EST
The Flip Mino camcorder is just what you need in your pocket or purse to capture special family moments. Traditional digital camcorders are simply too bulky to carry on a daily basis. But the Flip … - Best Pocket Camcorders - Best Buys in Pocket Camcorders…Updated: 2009-12-08 @ 18:50:27 EST
Pocket camcorders were invented with Moms in mind. The best pocket camcorders combine the ease of a point-and-click camera with the crisp quality of video that you want to watch and share with frie… - All About Parenting Blog Carnival Archive - 2008 to 2009 Archive of …Updated: 2009-12-08 @ 15:09:03 EST
The parenting and family channel at About.com regularly hosts a blog carnival on parenting topics. Our archive of the parenting blog carnival includes blogs on topics from going green, to friendshi… - Sara Lee Internships - CEO Brenda Barnes Explains Sara Lee Internshi…Updated: 2009-11-28 @ 22:09:32 EST
Sara Lee Corp. offers paid internships to professionals with an employment gap. The "returnships" program is aimed at stay-at-home moms interested in rejoining the workforce. Sara Lee CEO… - What Is the Date of Mother's Day? Learn the Mother's Day DateUpdated: 2009-11-28 @ 21:26:51 EST
You don't want to miss the Mother's Day date. This article lists the date of Mother's Day for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and subsequent years. Mom will thank you for remembering the Mother's Day date… - Flexible Hours - 6 Steps to Negotiating a Work Schedule With Flexibl…Updated: 2009-11-23 @ 18:01:14 EST
Maybe it's time to stop wishing that you could have better work-life balance and flexible hours. Start with these 6 steps to negotiate a schedule with flexible hours, and see if you can make it hap… - Must Reads: Essential Articles and Resources about WorkingmomsUpdated: 2009-11-23 @ 11:28:19 EST
- How Working Moms Achieve Work Life Balance - Answer to the Work Life…Updated: 2009-11-22 @ 23:03:56 EST
Achieving work life balance is the ultimate question for working moms. Finding work life balance begins with learning to say no. It's not easy, but it's worth it to aim for work life balance… - The Holiday Season - Pace Yourself This Holiday SeasonUpdated: 2009-11-13 @ 14:59:23 EST
The holiday season can be a blur of parties, shopping, and stress. The key to surviving the holiday season is pacing. You'll never make it the entire holiday season - from Thanksgiving to New Year'… - Help Children Volunteer - How Working Moms Help Children VolunteerUpdated: 2009-11-13 @ 14:59:22 EST
You want to encourage your children to volunteer in the community. But your lives are so busy that you can’t seem to find the time. You can help children volunteer by finding at-home ways to c… - Veterans Day Facts - Interesting Veterans Day FactsUpdated: 2009-11-10 @ 18:26:34 EST
On Veterans Day, Americans honor all living military veterans, including the many working moms who are veterans of military service. Indeed, the 1.8 million female veterans are more likely to work … - Cheap Gifts - Give Nice But Cheap Gifts This Holiday SeasonUpdated: 2009-11-03 @ 17:01:14 EST
Cheap gifts often seem so, well, cheap. But your loved ones don't really want you to bust your budget buying an extravagant present. Sure, it can take more time and effort to find perfect, cheap gi… - Money Saving Tips - 5 Money Saving Tips for Working MomsUpdated: 2009-10-16 @ 16:13:08 EDT
Money saving tips so often sound difficult and no fun. But you can save money without making yourself or your family miserable. Here are some money saving tips for working moms that will keep a smi… - How You Can Get Organized -- Help for Working Moms to Get OrganizedUpdated: 2009-10-16 @ 15:01:16 EDT
Answer to the question of how working moms can get organized. A working mom (and stepmom) who's pregnant writes in to ask for help getting organized. She has a needy husband and shared custody of t… - Managing a Sick Child -- How to Juggle Work and a Sick ChildUpdated: 2009-10-16 @ 15:01:14 EDT
Flu season means anxious days for working parents. A sick child can wreak havoc with your work flow and even your career success. Savvy working moms plan ahead for a sick child. Here are five ways … - Pregnancy Discrimination - Report Finds Pregnancy Discrimination Cla…Updated: 2009-10-13 @ 23:19:26 EDT
Pregnancy discrimination complaints to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rose dramatically, with women filing 65% more claims in 2007 than in 1992, according to a report by the National P… - What Would You Do to Keep a Job? - Survey Finds Most Workers Willing…Updated: 2009-09-22 @ 07:49:18 EDT
A 2009 survey of full-time employees found 94 percent were willing to take a pay cut, change their schedule or lose flexibility to keep a job. The recession has forced 90 percent of workers surveye… - Grandparents Day -- Fun Facts and History of Grandparents DayUpdated: 2009-09-11 @ 22:02:52 EDT
When is Grandparents Day? Who started it? How many grandparents are there, anyway? These question and more answered in our list of fun facts on Grandparents Day… - Top 5 Halloween Ideas for Working Moms - Stay Safe and Sane With The…Updated: 2009-08-27 @ 13:08:16 EDT
Here are ideas for making Halloween safe and fun for your kids and easy for you. Halloween ideas include when and where to trick or treat, simple costumes, and getting home from work in time to tri… - Halloween Facts - Fun Halloween Facts and HistoryUpdated: 2009-08-27 @ 13:07:47 EDT
Here are some fun Halloween facts you probably don't know. The celebration of Halloween dates back thousands of years to Celtic rituals. The demand for jack-o-lanterns contributes to the 1.1 billio… - Home Management and Child Raising -- How Working Moms Manage a Home …Updated: 2009-08-20 @ 23:45:55 EDT
After leaving the office, working mothers come home to more work raising children and managing the home. Even working moms whose partners share chores equally often find that mom is the default chi… - Clickety Click Lunch Box Review -- Safe Lunch Boxes for Kids with Cl…Updated: 2009-08-19 @ 23:26:37 EDT
My preschooler is a picky eater, like many. So my review of the clickety click lunch box was a joy. She loved the characters on the lunch box and fork, and for once was excited to take out her food… - Photo Gallery of Celebrity Working Moms -- View Celebrity Mom Photos…Updated: 2009-06-16 @ 11:06:11 EDT
View a Photo Gallery of Celebrity Moms Who Work, From Angelina Jolie to Michelle Obama…