Cross-posted at MotherTalkers
by Stacey
A new study in the Journal of Family Psychology shows that it isn’t just babies that moms have to nurture. According to this article in Science Daily, researchers at Ohio State University found that fathers were more involved in the day-to-day care of their infants when they received active encouragement from their […]

by Stacey
Before I begin let me say sorry for the lapse in posts last week. Life has gotten hectic since I decided to go back to work. I’ve completely lost my routine in which I put my younger son Sascha down for a nap and happily sit down at the computer to ponder the latest […]

by Stacey
Whether a young man’s mother earned a college degree or worked outside the home while he was growing up may influence his choice of a future wife, according to a new study by sociologists at the University of Iowa. Thanks to this article in ScienceDaily for the tip.
High-achieving men — those who earn salaries […]

by Stacey
Just in time for this Mother’s Day comes a book that many of us I’m sure will find very useful. According to this article in Newsweek, a Florida plastic surgeon named Michael Salzhauer has penned a book called “My Beautiful Mommy.” It features a perky mother explaining to her child why she’s having […]

by Stacey
As the mother of two boys I spend a fair amount of time playing with balls. Yes, I have changed a lot of diapers, but what I’m talking about are soccer balls, footballs, tennis balls, bouncy rubber balls that disappear under the couch and make the baby cry. If it’s round, we’ve got it […]

by Stacey
Remember when we all climbed the corporate ladder? According to this article in the Washington Post, the ladder’s gone. Think lattice. Corporate lattice. Huh?
Women are “redesigning careers to be a lattice instead of a ladder,” said Ellen Galinsky, president of the Families and Work Institute. If you view your career as a ladder and […]

by Stacey
Increasing numbers of pregnant women are complaining of workplace bias, according to this article in the Wall Street Journal. Thanks to reader AADC for the tip.

Pregnancy-bias complaints recorded by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission surged 14% last year to 5,587, up 40% from a decade ago and the biggest annual increase in 13 years.

But […]

by Stacey
All’s fair on reality television. People swap spouses, get new and improved homes to live in, and compete for titles like “Top Chef!” And now, according to this article in Newsweek, stay-at-home mothers can try out going back to work while the whole nation watches. The show is called “Secret Life of a Soccer […]

by Stacey
I can’t help but ask the same question many are wondering, how can Silda Wall Spitzer stand it? How can she stand up there with her arrogant, cheating husband (now former governor of New York Elliot Spitzer) whose rising political career eclipsed her own, as he apologizes publicly for hiring a prostitute to meet […]

by Stacey
Thanks to many of you who pointed me towards this article in last Sunday’s NY Times magazine on gender-based education. I finally got a chance to read it last night. So let’s get to it.
The article showcases the ideas of Leonard Sax, a pediatrician turned single-sex education advocate who claims that boys and […]