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If you need your parents to pick up the kids from day camp but worry they might not be safe riding in the car, think again. According to a new study by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, kids are safer riding in cars when their grandparents – not their parents ...
Read more...We’ve all heard the tragic story of Leiby Kletzky, the 8-year-old boy who became lost on his way home from summer camp, asked a stranger in his tight-knit religious community for directions —and subsequently was abducted and murdered. While cases of child abduction ...
Read more...The US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that drop-side cribs, where a side rail can be raised and lowered, are now banned in US. Many mothers out there, long aware of the potential for injury they cause, are probably thinking to themselves, it's about ...
Read more...It is official. 2011 marks the first year the United Nations recognizes International Widows Day. It is a call to action to focus the world on the unique plight of the world’s 245 million widows who have lost their husbands. Religion, law and tradition in ...
Read more...The gender bias law suit before the US Supreme Court was simply called WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. DUKES ET AL.
A million and a half women pressed a Class Action suit against America’s largest retailer, Walmart for discriminating against women ...
Read more...On of our bloggers told us about a law in Georgia that said breastfeeding could be the equivalent of public nudity. Well, moms complained loudly. Lawmakers realized their mistake and it's all be changed.
Here's an update: Forest Park (GA) Changes ...
Read more...Like it or not, social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have become a way of life for kids. A Symantec study shows that kids spend nearly 40 hours a month online – twice what their parents think!
As a working mom, you’ve got enough on your mind just ...
Read more...According to the Census Bureau, full-time female employees still make on average 77 cents for every $1 earned by men. That is what make the Paycheck Fairness Act all the more important. The bill, a much-needed update of the Equal Pay Act, would give victims of ...
Read more...Google veteran and working mother Margo Georgiadis was just scooped up by deal-a-day company Groupon, Inc. to take on the COO post.
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason said in a statement, "Margo is a strong leader with a passion for helping small business owners and ...
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