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Day Care
04/17/2013
Society's Perspective on Day Care I have two beautiful daughters in their 20's and was blessed to have a surprise bonus daughter who is now 4. I can't believe the change in the issue of day care in just 20 years. More >>

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03/15/2013
No One Can Step In for a Mother I started listening to you just after I had had my first baby 13 years ago. I was married and finishing up my degree, and I needed to complete a year internship after I graduated in order to be registered in my field of study. More >>

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03/08/2013
My 'Brainwashed' Kids I was listening when you spoke to an 18-year-old girl about how important it is for a child to have a mother vs. paid help. More >>

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02/08/2013
Outsourcing Jobs Recently a news story about a software developer who was caught outsourcing his job to China has gone viral. More >>

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08/24/2012
Another Day Care Nightmare A former coworker of mine has her 3-year-old in day care 5 days a week. Over a weekend, her son had a seizure; resulting in an ambulance ride and 2 days in the hospital... More >>

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08/15/2012
Parents, Raise Them Yourselves I was hired by a day care center at the age of 16 as an assistant teacher. When I was hired, I was told I was legally too young to be there, but 'they needed the help.' That was my first red flag. More >>

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08/14/2012
Smart Women Don't Always Make Wise Mothers My sister has a 2-year-old and is pregnant with her second. She works full-time as an attorney. She had her daughter in day care at the home of an older local woman with no license. More >>

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08/10/2012
The First and Only Time in Day Care Back in the 70s, when my son was a year old and I was a stay-at-home mom, my friend who was a working mom talked me into a girls' day with shopping and lunch. More >>

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08/08/2012
Toddling About the Town My husband's co-worker ran into a local police officer at the store one day...The officer proceeded to talk to him about the crazy incident involving his 2-3 year old... More >>

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04/26/2012
How Long Do I Have with my Kids I was raised in the liberal Boston area. We were all supposed to have it all. Well, after having kids, I did work periodically: once using an institutional daycare center. My youngest, 18 months at the time cried for 1 week straight. More >>

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