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“Can I Have It All?” is the Wrong Question
By Solstice72 On July 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Career, Career-Life Fit, Family, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Mothers & Fathers, Remodeling Motherhood, Work-Life Fit
When I speak to groups of young women and men, more and more frequently the question I get isn’t “Can I have it all?” it’s “Should I have kids at all?”
Young women and couples watch as friends have children, and see new mothers and fathers completely stressed out juggling work and family, marriages […]
The Connection Between Tax Day and Equal Pay Day
By Solstice72 On April 15, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Current News & Events, Economy, Events, Money, Motherhood, News & Commentary, Remodeling Motherhood
Equal Pay Day and Tax Day often fall in the same week. But the connection between the two is no coincidence.
Equal Pay Day is the day that symbolizes how far into that year […]
FREE Webinar: The 6 Biggest Money Mistakes Mothers Make
By Solstice72 On April 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Economy, Events, Money, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Remodeling Motherhood
Join me on Wednesday April 18, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. Pacific/1:30 p.m. Eastern for my FREE webinar hosted by Mothers & More as part of their annual Power of a Purse campaign.
The 6 Biggest Money Mistakes Mothers Make
Motherhood is still financially riskier than fatherhood. Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren […]
My National Work and Family Month Flashback
By Solstice72 On October 25, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Human Resources, Organizations, Work-Life Fit, Workplace and Employment
Every October, National Work and Family Month gives me flashbacks.
When I became pregnant, I was a manager at a high-tech company. My job was at least fifty hours a week and, given a recent merger, would now include coast-to-coast travel. With my husband working crazy hours as a new associate at a law […]
Recently, one of my clients said to me in frustration, “My team and I are so busy with our work that it drives me crazy to have to deal with all these internal political issues that waste my time.”
I’ve heard many forms of this familiar chorus, usually accompanied by anger, frustration or […]
A tweet from the Unversity of Chicago Urban Education Institute last week pointed me to this Washington Post article, Study: Single-Sex Education May Do More Harm Than Good.
I have always been opposed to single-sex schools myself, even though I have friends who had wonderful experiences in single-sex schools growing up or in […]
In the interests of full disclosure, I have several reasons to be partial to the book I’m about to review, Catch and Release: A Fezzy Wog Adventure ($9.99).
I’ve known the author, Christy Eichers, since Kindergarten. Yes Kindergarten, that’s one of the perks of growing up in a small town in […]
How Twitter Helped Me Beat My Monday Morning Funk
By Solstice72 On October 4, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Business Advice, Career-Life Fit, Change, Social Media, Time, Traveling
Last Monday morning I found myself stuck to the chair in my kitchen. I just couldn’t seem to make myself move from the kitchen to my home office to get started on the various projects of the day. So I tweeted my malaise to the Twitterverse.
“I.am.procrastinating.”
My friend @micheledortch replied quickly.
“I […]
This past June I had the pleasure once again of being part of the team at the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) that led the Linked Learning Summer Institute for a group of districts in California in the middle of implementing college and career pathways in their high schools.
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The Sandwich Generation
By Solstice72 On September 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Career, Career-Life Fit, Mothers & Fathers
Though I’m not sure I welcome the picture of myself as a Philly Cheesesteak sandwich oozing Velveeta cheese …I appreciate Career Diva’s post Working Women are like Philly Cheesesteaks on the sandwich generation and its impact on women’s careers in particular.
I watched my own mother take her first step into the workforce […]
Workplace Culture Wins Every Time
By Solstice72 On September 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Career-Life Fit, Organizations, Work-Life Fit
Last week reading a few new articles on worklife fit, brought to mind a mantra I have about organizational change.
In the battle between well-intentioned policies and the unwritten rules of any workplace, unwritten rules win every time.
From the Sloan Center on Aging and Work came this Fact of the Week, Few Employers […]
Our daughter headed to middle school this year, and as a former Director of Technology for a K-12 school, I felt like I should have a grand plan for teaching her what she needs to know about computers, the Internet, and social media.
Since we used the American Girl book “The Care and […]
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Social Security: Neutral in Name, Sexist by Design
Soon after we had our daughter, I read that elderly women receive far lower Social Security benefits than men due largely to motherhood. Having just become one, I visited the Social Security Administration website. At the top of the page, they reassured me “Social Security is neutral with respect to gender.”
I proceeded to […]