Archive | December, 2013

The FAMILY Act: Stitching Up a Hole in the Safety Net

By on December 9, 2013 in Caring economy, Families, health, maternal employment, Maternity Leave

I will be strapping on my snow boots and slogging up the Hill later this week to see star legislators Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Representative Rosa DeLauro introduce a bill that would provide most workers with 12 weeks of partially paid leave for a birth, adoption, or to deal with their own or a family member’s serious medical [...]

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Staying Home as a Step Up

By on December 3, 2013 in Children, SAHM

My New York Times Sunday Dialogue piece on pro-family policy changes that could improve caregivers’ economic security elicited a number of responses. One led me to a post by Valerie Adrian, a mother of 3 currently pursuing her Ph,D. in Sociology on the opposite side of the country, but engaged in issues of gender and work [...]

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