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I live in suburban Los Angeles with my husband, two daughters, a hamster, and a Beta fish. I have been working in higher education administration for more than 20 years and I hold an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University. My interests include women's leadership, work-life balance, and youth soccer.
Originally, it was going to be called the “7th Grade Commandments” (like the Ten Commandments), but since it was a collaborative effort requiring the mutual, but not mutually exclusive, commitment of both mother and daughter, we felt that “com ... Read more...
Have you heard of the “no kids allowed” movement, also known as the “brat ban” movement? It’s alive and well in the U.S. and could quite possibly become the next new trend in marketing of services. Complaints about screaming, disruptive ... Read more...
I just watched as an able-bodied man who wanted a cup of coffee stepped away from the coffee maker to let a female co-worker make a fresh pot for him. Is it possible that he doesn't know how to use the coffee maker? He seems like a regular in the office ... Read more...
It’s time to set the record straight: working parents do not walk around feeling guilty all the time and some of us – gasp! – don’t feel guilty at all. If parents do feel guilty, it would seem that there is a whole industry committed to perpe ... Read more...
The media has written much about the great divide – okay, let’s be honest, the word used is “war” – between working mothers and stay at home mothers, laden with statistics about the impact of a women’s career on children’s academic success and beha ... Read more...
As a young woman, Grandma worked at a bakery and she met a handsome dark-haired young man who admired her. He used to stop by the bakery and bring her a sandwich. Many years later I remember Grandma making cheese sandwiches wrapped in p ... Read more...
I finally did it. I got a tattoo 2 weeks ago - 3 hearts in a vertical row on the inside of my wrist, representing my husband and two daughters. I've wanted to get a small tattoo for a few years, but each time that I seriously con ... Read more...
It’s not that I don’t appreciate the praises, flowers, school tea parties, $8 greeting cards that play music…it’s just that Mother’s Day, more than any other day of the year, reminds me of how fortunate I am to have a supportive husband. Abov ... Read more...
Sixth grade ain’t what it used to be. These days it’s not unusual to see 12 year old girls wearing short shorts and sexy tops with designer shoes and blow outs, not to mention the ever-present cell phone appendage. These girls look mature beyond their years, talk ... Read more...
While our daily lives may look different, as working mothers we share similar experiences and moments of joy, pride, guilt, disappointment, and sheer exhaustion. Occasionally, in a moment of maternal intensity and clarity, we experience a ... Read more...
