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Brush Up on the Working Moms' Dictionary 30 Apr 2013 | 07:34 am
One of the dangers of being a journalist on a beat is that you start using the buzzwords and short hand phrases of your area of interest without remembering that readers may not be familiar with terms...
What I Wish I'd Learned in Kindergarten 29 Apr 2013 | 02:03 pm
When my daughter started kindergarten, we had prepared her so thoroughly. We'd arranged playdates with other incoming kindergarteners at our local elementary school, drilled her on reading and math, t...
My Book Review of How Children Succeed 3 Apr 2013 | 06:17 pm
Everywhere you turn these days, people seem to be talking about how to raise successful children, the topic of journalist Paul Tough's book How Children Succeed . Clicking through the channels the oth...
Explore What Is Positive Parenting 29 Mar 2013 | 05:34 pm
When I first heard about positive parenting, from a colleague of my husband's, it sounded like hippy nonsense. We had already adopted the preschool's discipline method of counting to three and expecti...
The Ultimate Staycation Begins Today! 22 Mar 2013 | 03:18 pm
Spring break begins tonight, in our neck of the woods. But instead of jetting off to the mountains and the ocean tomorrow night, I've got exciting things planned here at home: laundry , spring cleanin...
Writing the Dreaded Self Evaluation 20 Mar 2013 | 10:38 pm
Years ago, a previous employer required every employee to write a self evaluation as part of the annual review process. We had to sum up our performance over the previous year, identify major accompli...
The Ultimate Book Review of "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg 12 Mar 2013 | 03:21 pm
After weeks of pleading, I finally received a review copy of Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, just a day before it was released to the public. So please forgive me for being a bit late to the discussion of...
Best Buy Joins Backlash Against Flexible Work 6 Mar 2013 | 02:46 pm
On the heels of Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer cancelling telework across the company, Best Buy has ended its flexible work program , known as Results-Only Work Environment, one of the earliest and more pro...
Inspired by Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg -- What Is Your Work-Life Vision? 28 Feb 2013 | 04:19 pm
This week has been filled with one catchy headline after the next about Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer banning telework company-wide and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's upcoming book Lean In that reportedly ...
Taking Time for Reflection 27 Feb 2013 | 10:05 pm
Today I reached the end of a long stretch of work that began before Christmas . Of course, there are always a few lingering questions and loops to close before I'm truly done, but it was a tremendous ...
