9/30/10

Maternal Diet High in Trans Fat Doubles Risk of Excess Body Fat in Breastfed Babies- Health News Digest

What Causes ADHD? It's All in the Genes, Scientists Say- CBS

On Motherhood: I Am Rich- The Chattanoogan

Is my nanny a better mother than I am?- Slate

Working Moms and Paycheck Parity: It's the Kids, Stupid!- Current Mom

The Truth about Motherhood- Scary Mommy

Featured Organization: MomsRising.org

Momsrising.org is an online activist organization focusing on policy, politics and parenting. They provide an outlet for parents to advocate and be politically active around the following issues: health care, paid family leave, early learning/childcare, toxics, afterschool/tv, paid sick days, fair pay, and flexible work.

9/29/10

Still Few Women in Management, Report Says- New York Times

Take safe motherhood initiatives to communities-Daily Monitor

Bringing Up Mommy: The baby sitter and the mother- KansasCity.com

Breastfeeding mother 'ejected' from Primark - Metro.co.uk

The 'Mommy Wars' Revisited- AARP (Seriously.)

Five Ways to tell if you are a Sanctimommy- Babble-Strollerderby

Women navigate motherhood differently than in the past -Republican American

Tuesday's Featured Blog

Molly Westerman describes her blog as a "feminist intervention in our rigidly-gendered culture of childbirth and parenting":

www.firsttheegg.com

A Womb of One's Own?

Annie Murphy Paul's latest book Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives discussed:

Motherlode

Abridged version of Time article

Slate

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