• Weekend Open Thread

    Something on your mind? Chat about it here. Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like there are far too few occasions to wear fancy dresses as a mom — or at least as one on the older end of things. I’m past the wedding phase of my life (remember when you had to go…

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  • News Roundup

    Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently… Health shares the results of a new study that found “men tend to devote more of their days off to relaxing, compared to women who spend them tending to childcare and housework.” Working Mother has released its list of the 100…

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    Family Friday: Crazy Loop Straws

    I saw this idea last year, and I think it’s really clever for Halloween if you’re bemoaning the huge glut of candy that your kids get and that you give out to trick-or-treaters. I think it’s a great idea to give out crazy straws, because what kid doesn’t love crazy straws and what mom wouldn’t…

  • A Week in the Life of a Working Mom: Business Analyst in the Midwest

    For this week’s installment of our Week in the Life of a Working Mom series, I’m happy to introduce CorporetteMoms reader M, who lives in the Midwest with her husband and son and works as a business analyst. Our usual caveat applies: Please remember that this is is a real person who has feelings and isn’t gaining anything…