When You’re On Maternity Leave, Ambition’s a Pain in the Ass
The battle between two competing desires—the desire to achieve and the desire to engage with loved ones—rages within many working parents. But on my recent maternity leave, I hoped I might get a...
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This Isn’t How I Expected to Take My Maternity Leave
Four years ago, I was starting my second job out of university, a step up in my career, when my cousin encouraged me to read Sheryl Sandberg’s newly released “Lean In.” Several months earlier, Marissa...
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GOP Bill: Moms Must Find Work Within 60 Days of Birth Or Lose Coverage
It seems like things aren’t getting better for families under the updated healthcare repeal bill, especially for new moms. In the updated version of the bill, individual states would be allowed to drop...
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An Expecting Mom’s Thoughts on Israel’s New Parental Leave Policy
As I prepare for the birth of my first born, I feel extremely lucky to be giving birth in Israel, where the government offers paid maternity leave. Until recently, working women who gave birth were...
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What It’s Like Being a Woman in Different Countries Around the World
What is it actually like to be a woman around the world? Depending on where you live, a woman’s life is drastically different. For instance, in some countries, like China, women are pressured to get...
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Actually, How About We Don’t Take Our Babies to Work?
Like Yahoo’s Marissa Meyer who went back to work with twins in tow, Embark CEO Sarita James, writing in the New York Times, tells her own “take your baby to work” story: instead of a long maternity...
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These Companies Want to Be Exempt from Parental Leave Laws
This week, a report was released by the HR Policy Association, a group of more than 380 major U.S. companies, calling Congress to provide an optional amount of paid parental leave for companies....
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Watch: This Could Revolutionize All Our Lives, Not Just Parents’
New parents are obviously aware of the benefits of paid family leave, which is a hot-button topic in policy circles. Right there’s a patchwork system in pace–companies determine how much leave they’ll...
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Taking 2 Months of Paternity Leave After Birth of Second...
With the imminent birth of his second daughter with wife Priscilla Chan in the next few months, Facebook CEO Zuckerberg announced he’ll be taking two months of paternity leave. In an Instagram and...
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Scandinavia Is Supposed to Be a Parental Paradise. But It’s Not
Moms in the U.S. often hear about the parental paradise that is Scandinavia. In Denmark, for example, parents get 52 weeks of leave after the birth of a child, and, once mom goes back to work, public...
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Let’s Stop Shaming Each Other About How We Take Maternity Leave
Every time I pick up a Torah at my synagogue, the eyes of several of the other women in the congregation start to twinkle. I’ll often get winks and conspiratorial grins sent my way. This isn’t just...
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This Video About Working Mom’s Performance Review Will Break Your Heart
Balancing parenthood and work is pretty much the hardest thing many people do–especially right after you return from parental leave. Chicco, a company that creates an umbrella stroller, reminded us of...
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Having a Baby Is So Much Easier in Israel & This Is Why
I knew I was lucky, but in the wake of Trump’s “maternity leave plan,” I realized just how lucky I am. After the birth of my first and second children in the US, I was able to take 12 weeks of paid...
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Zooey Deschanel Discusses Maternity Leave & Why She Took a Social Media Break
Zooey Deschanel has been pretty busy lately. Last year, she and her producer husband Jacob Pechenik got married and welcomed their daughter Elsie Otter into the world. Besides all that, she’s also...
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Why This Company Retained 100% of Female Employees Who’ve Had Kids
Aren’t you tired of having the same conversation over and over? I am. I’m tired of the fact that maternity leave and decent benefits in the United States are hard to come by for families. There’s one...
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IKEA to Offer Expanded Paid Parental Leave to All Employees
Hallelujah! IKEA’s US division has announced plans to offer expanded paid parental leave to its 13,000 employees. Like Netflix and LinkedIn before it, it seems the furniture giant best known for its...
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D.C. Council Passes One of the Best Paid Family Leave Bills in the U.S.
On Tuesday in a 9-4 vote, the D.C. City Council approved an unprecedented and generous paid family leave plan. Finally, some good news, right? Tuesday’s vote also rejected an 11th-hour proposed...
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Trump Health Pick Doesn’t Think Maternity Coverage Is Something All Moms Want
It appears President Donald Trump’s pick to run the government’s major health insurance programs said yesterday that Medicaid needs a full makeover, but she doesn’t support turning Medicare into a...
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3 Reasons the New ‘GOPCare’ Plan Is Terrible for Reproductive Health
So, the White House and Congressional Republicans finally released their long-awaited healthcare plan last week. This first part of the GOP’s American Health Care Act could have major repercussions...
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SCOTUS Nominee Reportedly Encouraged Pregnancy Discrimination
As someone who recently took maternity leave in the United States of America, I have a lot of opinions on the subject. It’s too short (even the more generous plans). It’s too unpaid. Oh, did I mention...
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