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Yahoo’s New Maternity Leave Policy is One Step in the Right Direction

Cara Lemieux — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:48:59 +0000

Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms Earlier this week, Marissa Mayer, Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo, announced that the company would be extending maternity leave and paternity leave. They are allowing moms sixteen weeks of paid time off and dads eight paid weeks off after the birth of a child. New fathers and mothers who have a [...]

Few Things Annoy Me More Than Unsolicited Parenting Advice

Cara Lemieux — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:43:57 +0000

Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms One of the constants in parenting that applies to every single person with kids, is that at some point, someone who has absolutely no business doing so – will give you a piece of unsolicited advice. This happens quite frequently in New York, and I chalk it up to the [...]

There’s No Such Thing as Affordable Child Care in the U.S.

Cara Lemieux — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:37:40 +0000

Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms There is a child care crisis going on in the United States right now. I recently read two thought-provoking pieces about the lack of affordable, quality child care in the United States and the huge impact it is having on tons of women. There was a point in history when [...]

Michelle Obama is a Single Mother Like Me…Oh Wait, No She’s Not.

Cara Lemieux — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:27:05 +0000

Originally Posted in Lifetime Moms The First Lady of the United States was being interviewed by CBS News recently, when she accidentally referred to herself as a single mother – which is interesting because last I checked, she was actively married to the President of the United States. Mrs. Obama was in the middle of [...]

I Travel Therefor I Am…a Bad Mom?

Cara Lemieux — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:23:38 +0000

Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms I remember the first time I left my newborn at home so I could run to the grocery store. I felt like the umbilical cord was still attached and was being strained by each step I took toward the door. I’m not sure if that pull was emotional, instinctual or [...]

My Daughter Has Developed a Stutter…and I am Trying Not to Panic

Cara Lemieux — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:10:16 +0000

Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms My 28-month-old daughter has always been extremely verbal, and quite smart—putting words together before 18 months and speaking in complex sentences by the time she reached the two-year mark. As she has grown, my parenting worries have gone from “I hope and pray she is developmentally on track” to “How [...]

What “Leaning In” has Taught Me About How I’m Raising My Daughter

Cara Lemieux — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:40:43 +0000

Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms Wow…I don’t remember the last time a book got as much buzz and criticism as Sheryl Sandberg’s, “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead”. I have heard and seen almost everything about the book, and now I am finally reading it. Sandberg references the importance of picking the [...]

Tina Fey is Right – There is too Much Mean on Message Boards

Cara Lemieux — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:32:34 +0000

Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms If you ever wondered where the mean girls and guys of middle school and high school went, just check a message board of a mom blog and you’ll find ‘em – hypercritical, uber-uninformed and super-perfect in their own lives, of course. I’m not alone in my observations. Tina Fey (whom [...]

Would You Ever Install a Nanny Cam

Cara Lemieux — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:25:36 +0000

Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms Unfortunately, we have all seen the terrible headlines about abuse and neglect by childcare givers, and I think that we can all agree that on some level or another, this scares the sh*t out of every parent that leaves their child in someone else’s care. I happen to be [...]

The Great Public Vs Private Debate

Cara Lemieux — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:19:58 +0000

Originally Posted on Lifetime Moms Oh, the great debate over public versus private gives me great anxiety – and no, I am not talking about my Facebook profile settings (which, by the way, I still can’t quite seem to master). I am talking about the internal and external debate over public education versus private [...]