News Roundup

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“Raise Your Hand” Girl Scout patchSome of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently…

  • Huffington Post shares that a 10-year-old girl has created the “Raise Your Hand” Girl Scout patch.
  • Slate offers suggestions for what parents can do to prevent sexist attitudes as early as childhood.
  • The Verge details what YouTube is doing to prevent inappropriate content from making it past the content filters on YouTube Kids.
  • Parent Co. provides tips to stop spreading disease at the pediatrician—and protect your kid from getting sick.
  • Refinery 29 shares that The Longest Shortest Time has a new podcast as part of the  “It’s A Real Mother” series on working motherhood. The second episode in the series features Brigid Schulte, author of Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has Time, and the first featured former Massachusetts Governor, Jane Swift.
  • Working Mother explores what daycare looks like around the world.
  • The New York Times reports that, according to a new study, pesticides have been linked to problems in pregnancies achieved with assistive reproductive technology.
  • The Economist offers a look at how men and women around the world perceive how they and their partners spend their time.
  • Recipe of the Week: In case you missed it, we recently shared our favorite fall recipes for working moms in an open thread. Feel free to stop by and add your own! We also think these grilled cheese recipes from Working Mother are worth a try.
  • Laugh of the Week: Scary Mommy has a roundup of tweets about motherhood.

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