The Downside for Dads
Co-written with Katherine Ullman. “My small contribution to feminism is leaving the office at 5:15 PM three times a week to pick up my daughter…and not hiding it.” You might expect that these are the...
View ArticleAugust is National Breastfeeding Month, A Time for Advocacy!
Here’s a spin on National Breastfeeding Month: activism! August is National Breastfeeding Month and August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week, which is a time to advance breastfeeding as part of the...
View ArticleMy Journey to Bringing Babies to Work
I was never able to take more than four weeks off work after the births of my children. My husband filed for divorce a week after the birth of our third daughter. Two weeks later, I moved on my own...
View ArticlePlanning a Career Break? Make Sure It’s a Pause, Not a Dent
A decade ago, Lisa Belkin wrote “The Opt Out Revolution,” a New York Times Magazine piece that became instantly famous. It profiled women who had chosen to leave high-profile careers to stay home...
View ArticleAn Unthinkable Choice
By Alicia Gay Asia Myers, a pregnant woman expecting a baby girl in less than a month, works for an employer that forced her to make an unthinkable choice between a healthy pregnancy and her paycheck....
View ArticleBreast milk on the go
My job requires frequent traveling. As a journalist, I’ve been reporting from places such as quake-stricken Haiti, war-torn Mexico, and typhoon-damaged Taiwan. These are challenging works. The biggest...
View ArticleI support the FAMILY Act. Do you?
I took advantage of California Paid Family Leave after my baby was born. During that 12 weeks, I bonded with my baby by breastfeeding him as often and as long as possible; I also built a very good...
View ArticleMater Mea: inside conversations on motherhood and working
Two years ago American media seemed to be gripped by one important question: “Can women have it all?” As a young professional woman with aspirations of having an enviable career and a family of my...
View ArticleWhere is the love for #BlkBfing? Join the 2/12 chat!
The #BlkBfing chat is back on 2/12 at 7 PM ET with a powerful conversation on the hidden importance of support for successful breastfeeding from family support and nursing in stores to workplace...
View ArticleLeaning on Each Other to Lead: Parents have the skills and talents to create...
Last November I uploaded my ebook, Lean On and Lead, Mothering and Work in the 21st Century Economy, to the iBooks Store. In addition to the next-gen interactivity within the book, Apple allows...
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