Mothers

Coming Out of the Cultural Dark Ages

by Kate Fineske June 23, 2011

Once upon a time… there was a free day. A day where we as women could pick up and go shopping with friends. An evening where we could have uninterrupted conversations during a romantic dinner out with our significant other. A night where we could stay out past midnight followed by a morning that we [...]

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Mommy Math 101: Finding the Right Parenting Solutions

by Kate Fineske May 19, 2011

Note: On Thursday, June 9th, the National Association of Mothers’ Centers will be hosting a webinar as part of their Parenting and Family Webinar Series entitled: Kids DO Come with an Instruction Book. This title, in part, inspired me to reflect on what I would find useful in a manual for moms!       [...]

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Redefining Friendship as a Mom

by Kate Fineske March 17, 2011

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival.” - C. S. Lewis When you become a mom, your life changes. Your views of life change, your thought processes change and your priorities change. You never realize until after having kids [...]

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That’s Mothers’ Center

by Mothers Central Blog October 7, 2010

A member to member letter written by Christy Mansfield in the Mothers’ Center of Southwest Nassau newsletter When I kept running into a particular Mothers’ Center member almost every day this summer as we shuffled our different kids between the MC Summer Camp and the Lynbrook School District Summer Playground, I at last found her [...]

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What Mothers Want Conference

by Mothers Central Blog September 26, 2010

Submitted by Valerie Young and Jocelyn Crowley We see it all around us: mothers are harried, overworked, and encounter endless obstacles as they work and raise their kids. Workplace flexibility initiatives can help, whether initiated by the mother’s employer or promoted by the government. Yet these options remain unavailable to a significant number of mothers. [...]

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What could be more exciting?

by Catherine Wright-Dilbert February 13, 2010

Yesterday, I asked a co-worker what her plans were for Valentine’s Day. She mentioned that she and her husband didn’t have much planned and that, since they had their baby girl, who is now four months old, she and her husband are not very exciting. That statement hit me as a sad way to think [...]

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How I Manage Work/Life Balance

by Mothers Central Blog February 12, 2010

Post submitted by Ginger Garner MPT, ATC, Women’s Health Educator I’d love to share how I manage work/life balance. It isn’t complicated either – my husband and I agreed to one thing: We help ourselves by helping others first. In our constant quest to be good parents – we thought that helping the children of [...]

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A Life Full of Thanks

by Mothers Central Blog November 17, 2009

Contributed by Lisa Jacobson, itsamompreneurslife.com (flickr photo courtesy of 1scrappycat) At the beginning of November I read about a project called the 30 Days of Thanks in a blog. The writer challenged herself to write a post everyday about one thing she is thankful for and do it for the 30 days of November. I [...]

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