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Posted on November 29, 2012

Beyond Parenting Style: Family Culture Is the Next Big Thing

For years, parenting research has centered on the important influence of parenting styles (you know, authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, etc.) in effective child rearing. Now a new study suggests there's another big influence on raising kids. The " Read more...

Posted on November 09, 2012

Women Break Records in the Senate—Will That Help the Rest of Us?

If the retirements of Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) had us worried about a decreased female presence in the already women-light Senate, we can now breathe easier. The 113th Congress will have a record-breaking 20 women senators. ...

Posted on October 25, 2012

How Would You Spend Your Perfect Day?

Most of us working moms have indulged our fantasies in dreaming about our perfect day. But a new study, “Just a Perfect Day: Developing a Happiness Optimized Day ...

Posted on October 18, 2012

October Is National Work & Family Month

Workplace flexibility.

Health and wellness programs.

Paid and unpaid time off.

Posted on October 02, 2012

Do You Let Your Kids Try Alcohol?

According to a new study, one in four moms believe it’s A-okay to let young kids taste alcohol. The rationale behind this surprisingly common belief is simple: Get rid of the “forbidden fruit” appeal of drinking by letting kids taste alcohol early in life. But the ...

Posted on September 20, 2012

Why Women May Keep Quiet in Meetings—and Why We Need to Speak Up

Your friends call you Chatty Cathy. But if you work with a lot of men, do you clam up? If so, a recent study shows why.

It turns out that when men make up the majority of a group during deliberation, women tend to speak less than their fair share—a ...

By Krista Carothers

Posted on September 19, 2012

How Did These Companies Qualify as the Best?

This week, we released our biggest, oldest, most well-known Working Mother Research Institute initiative – the 2012 Working Mother 100 Best Companies. ...

By WM Editor

Posted on September 13, 2012

Delaying Pregnancy? You Won’t Harm Your Kid’s Health in Adulthood

It’s no secret that many women put off starting a family until their careers have taken off. But along with this comes the nagging idea for working moms, based on prior studies, that women who have kids at an older age put their children’s health at risk in ...

By WM Editor

Posted on July 12, 2012

Save Your Sanity: The Downside of Intensive Parenting

A mom’s instinct is to nurture her child. But some moms want to be involved in every aspect of their child’s life and most often put their children’s needs before their own. They make their kids the center of their universe. And they seem happy doing it. Yet maybe ...

By WM Editor

Posted on June 28, 2012

Late Again? Your Boss Might Not Mind

The alarm sounds in the morning and the first thing you do after you make coffee is…log onto your work email. Most bosses know their employees often clock in work time before office hours—because they probably do it, too. One benefit of this: If you stroll in to ...