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Both men and women rank sharing household chores as the third most important ingredient in our recipe for a successful marriage, right behind faithfulness and good sex. Yet the latest data tells us that in dual-earner couples, mom is still doing more housework and more childcare than dad does. Surprisingly, when […]
What’s stunning about the reaction to Anne-Marie Slaughter’s article “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All” and the news that new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is pregnant is the size and scope of the reaction itself.
And I can explain that reaction with a screen shot.
Those two tweets.
The […]
“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 […]
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 […]
In the last weeks of my pregnancy my friend Beth, who didn’t have kids yet either, came to my door bearing good wishes and a stack of novels. “I thought you might like to read these once the baby comes and you stop going to work,” she offered. That made sense. I should have tons […]
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 […]
Women’s History We Still Live With Today
By Solstice72 On March 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Current News & Events, Economy, Gender Issues, Money, Motherhood, Mothers & Fathers, Remodeling Motherhood, Uncategorized
March is women’s history month and I wanted to share a few tidbits of women’s history that are even less commonly known than most, and history that is still impacting the lives of women and mothers today.
Did you know that…
When the Social Security act was adopted in the late 1930’s, the Council […]
Ending the Chore Wars on The Intentional Parent
By Solstice72 On February 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Assumptions about Mothers, Family, Family Work, Fatherhood, Interview, Marriage, Motherhood, Remodeling Motherhood, Remodeling Motherhood Tips
Today I had great fun as a guest on The Intentional Parent TV chatting with Tina Bryson and Greg Matuskiewicz. We talked about why mothers and fathers today still end up in a tug of war over who does what around the house and who’s working harder – and most importantly we […]
Why Families Today Have No Time
By Solstice72 On February 2, 2012 · 3 Comments · In Family, Family Work, Motherhood, Mothers & Fathers, Remodeling Motherhood, Time
In my life before motherhood, I led time management training sessions for employees of a big company. I indoctrinated everyone in the Franklin-Covey system for managing time. Before the age of iPhones, I kept my own binder-size day-planner and later a Palm Pilot at my side to manage my own time. But they were no […]
As families across the country face a week (or more!) with kids out of school, parents who may or may not have days off themselves, and competing demands for who wants to do what with their time, I thought I’d share a facilitation tool I’ve adapted for our family when we have extended family […]
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 […]
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Why We Remodeled Our Wedding Vows as Parents
In the New York Times piece “Till Death, or 20 Years, Do Us Part” Matt Richtel explores the meaning of marriage today, including proposals in Mexico City to create short-term renewable marriage contracts as brief as two years as a way to deal with how many marriages fail. Me, I’m not a fan […]