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Last week, the entire country was stirred emotionally by a video that went viral on YouTube. The footage ...

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Do you ever find yourself eyeing that new iPhone 4S or Kindle Fire a fellow co-worker is using?

Captivate Network, a leading digital media company, recently ...

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That sounds so obvious, but every year 7.6 million children lose that chance.  Right now Save the Children is asking mothers around the world to raise their voices to help more children everywhere survive. Together we can insist that our children’s health ...

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Contributed by Annie Park

Despite laws to protect expectant mothers from experiencing discrimination in the workplace, such cases still happen. Recently, two women in Georgia announced their plans to file a Read more...

Working Mother Media recently hosted a group of 6th and 7th graders from Brooklyn's Big Apple Academy in our New York headquarters. The students, who put out their own school newspaper, were interested in ...

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As the fallout from the incendiary Time magazine "Are You Mom Enough?" breastfeeding cover continues, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine weighs in on the controversy:

“The average age at weaning ...

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A new survey, commissioned by Procter & Gamble's Ivory compels us to rethink what it means to be a modern-day mom. The study polled 1,017 American mothers with children ages 17-years-old and under in their household on everything from social media to stress. A ...

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From never-ending deadlines to impromptu projects, employees are working harder than ever—and their vacations are suffering. Recent surveys from Kelton Research for Radisson and travel websites like Expedia and Hotwire report that U.S. workers on average won’t use ...

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Avon named Sherilyn McCoy its CEO this week, replacing longtime CEO Andrea Jung, ending a four-month search for a replacement. The mom of three comes from Johnson & Johnson, where she was employed for 30 years. During her time at the company, McCoy was a major ...

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