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In the summer of 1997, a few years before our daughter was born, my husband David and I went with some friends to the game that launched the Women’s National Basketball Association. The Los Angeles Sparks were playing the New York Liberty at the Great Western Forum, the arena where the legendary Lakers played. […]
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 […]
I recently conducted a webinar for Mothers & More on the 6 Biggest Money Mistakes Mothers Make, and I wanted to share my answer to a participant question because it so neatly ties to the also […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 310
What a joy watching Fauci's press conf. today. Last yr must have been torture for him, a brilliant man of great integrity. How liberating to speak truth w/o looking over his shoulder, & how uplifting to listen to him! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GJMDYZ2LNcWe are building a partnership with the American people to confront COVID-19.
A partnership rooted in transparency and science.
And together, we will mount an effective response to the pandemic that gets us all back to our lives and loved ones: https://www.whitehouse.gov/priorities/covid-19/I am honored to be the first male spouse of an American President or Vice President. But I'll always remember generations of women have served in this role before me—often without much accolade or acknowledgment. It’s their legacy of progress I will build on as Second Gentleman.
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You Can Do What Mayer and Slaughter Do
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 […]