News Roundup

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A portrait of a woman.Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently…

  • Refinery29 reveals “How Famous People Control Their Acne.”
  • After observing that way too many fashion brands use ampersands in their names, Racked created a name generator to make even more. Example: “Cloves & Kit, a brand making vintage-inspired basics based in the Pacific Northwest.”
  • Glassdoor has a new salary tool called Know Your Worth that gives you a custom salary estimate based on your title, company, location, and years of experience.
  • The Muse offers advice on dealing with a control freak at the office.
  • Working Moms Against Guilt gives specific tips for saying no to requests.
  • Quartz talks about a short film shown at October’s TED women’s conference — six working women were asked “what productive, mind-centering things they would do if they could somehow add more hours to each day.”
  • The New York Times shares a story and slideshow about a family with quadruplets in upstate New York.
  • A mother writes in the Washington Post’s On Parenting that she’s glad her daughter skipped a grade.
  • I think Captain Obvious wrote the headline for this NPR story: “Poverty Wages For U.S. Child Care Workers May Be Behind High Turnover.” (Is there a lot of turnover at your kids’ daycare?)
  • A Hellobee blogger writes about her family’s favorite 50 (!) picture books.

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