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Healthcare reform is almost at the finish line, but we’re not sighing with relief just yet. Hundreds of thousands of families are waiting to find out if reform will actually:
- help out their family budgets,
- ensure that their health coverage is both accessible and affordable,
- offer strong regulation
- protect families from frustrating, costly, and unfair [...]
When Ashley’s son started going to child care, he started bringing home more than macaroni art and cute little scribble pictures. He also brought home colds, the flu, pink eye, and a weird unidentifiable rash — all things that meant Ashley needed to miss work to care for him.
“I didn’t realize that child care [...]
Nearly 17 million U.S. children (almost 1 out of every 4 children) faced hunger at some point last year.
That is a staggering statistic. But for MomsRising member Yvonne, it’s much more personal:
“My sister, the mother of 2 preschoolers, has track marks up and down her arms. Last July both she and her husband lost their [...]
A friend called me today, sharing her delight that her 10-year-old daughter came down to breakfast and wished her a “Happy International Women’s Day!” We wondered how her daughter knew about this important day without her mom telling her, and shared some happy thoughts about our strong, growing, young daughters.
Then the conversation turned: We simultaneously [...]
Any mom or dad who’s ever had a kid in diapers knows that if you catch a whiff of something bad, ignoring the smell isn’t going to make that mess go away. And so it also goes for our broken healthcare system.
What stinks? Health insurance rate hikes of up to 39 percent are now happening [...]
David Paterson is keeping me up at night. Whether he remains New York’s governor is not my worry – I live across the country and even liked how he confessed his own foibles while taking office. Since then, the governor’s decline and alleged misuse of power have been sad. But what really [...]
The Texas PTA passed a resolution demanding safe school siting policies throughout the state at its annual convention this February. This isn’t the first time PTA has shown leadership on this issue. In Fall of 2009, Alabama PTA passed a similar policy when a railroad company proposed building a transportation hub 150 feet away from [...]
It’s become so common in our culture to assume we need things – a lot of things. Over-consumption is not only a strain on our bank accounts and environment, it can also be harmful to our health. Whether there’s a warning label or not (usually not), many of the things we buy have associated health [...]
“My husband and I have to work opposite shifts because child care is unaffordable. He works from 6am to 2:30pm, and I have to meet my husband at his job to drop off our son so that I can be to work by 3:00pm. I miss out on putting my son to bed.” – Kristina, [...]
I recently went with my family on a wonderful trip to the Mayan Riviera, a beach community about 1 hour south of Cancun. A great adventure trip with snorkeling, kayaking, cave explorations and jungle ziplines. It was a perfect week except for one challenge: my blackberry. The red light was blinking. Messages were coming in. [...]
So I have been pondering… which option would you choose?
Enter Parenthood and:
♦ stop working/stay home and recieve a stipend from your employer or a govt. subsidy
♦ continue working and have childcare that is government owned and operated
♦ continue working and have childcare that is privatized, licensed and bonded
♦ mandate that all employers have on-site childcare
♦ [...]
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