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Motherhood: The New Competitive Sport
By Dana Tuszke
One of the advantages to working from home is that I am able to spend more quality time with my son, Dawson. One of the disadvantages to working from home is that I often spend too much time with my son.
With my husband working outside the home 40+...read more |
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Home/Office
Maternity Leave: A Working Mom's Dilemma
By Dana Tuszke
My friend, Kay, and I are both pregnant, and our due dates are within days of each other. We were due on the same day for about a month, but I seem to be growing the Monster Baby, and my doctor has since moved my due date to October 22nd, less than 15...read more |
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Home/Office
Give Me Back My Groove
By Dana Tuszke
You know that feeling you get when you're on top of your game, the bliss you experience whey you know you're managing every part of your life (work, marriage, parenting, housework, etc.) successfully? Yeah, that feeling. You remember that,...read more |
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Home/Office
Work vs. Motherhood
By Dana Tuszke
Just after Valentine's Day I discovered I was pregnant. After two years of trying to conceive, this is a welcome blessing. My husband is elated, my son is very excited about his soon-to-be big brother status, and I am filled with emotion. Damn hormones.
I'm...read more |
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Home/Office
What's for dinner? Got me.
By Dana Tuszke
It's five o'clock. You've just finished work. Now you must pick up the kids from daycare and get home in time to make dinner. You're half-way home when you realize you have no idea what's for dinner. What to do? Other than panic of course?
Do you:
a)...read more |
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Home/Office
Work is a Four Letter Word. So is Jose.
By Dana Tuszke
If you've ever worked in a busy office, you know that phones are constantly ringing, fax machines are incessantly beeping and the click-clack of keyboard typing fills every moment of potential silence. It's enough to drive a person to drink (after work...read more |
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Home/Office
Money (That's What I Want)
By Dana Tuszke
Last week my neighbor, Shelly, and I were discussing employment and the topic of wages came up. Shelly is an Advertising Sales Representative for a local radio station with an exceptional sales portfolio. For the last five years she has exceeded...read more |
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Home/Office
Under the Weather, Under the Gun
By Dana Tuszke
Two weeks ago my son, Dawson, came down with a terrible cold. He was whiny. He wouldn't eat. He was barely able to swallow a few tablespoons of Pedialyte. He was miserable, and I was getting there. Because my husband is the primary bread winner of our...read more |
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Home/Office
A Stigmatism
By Dana Tuszke
When my son was a little over a year old my family and friends began asking when I thought I'd have another baby. I always tried to avoid the question and often gave vague answers. "Someday," I'd say. It bothered me that people were discussing...read more |
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Home/Office
Momstumes
By Dana Tuszke
With Halloween just around the corner, I got to thinking about costumes. Dawson is dressing up as a UPS man and he anxiously awaits carrying his bright orange pumpkin bucket so he can ring our neighbors' doorbells and exclaim, "Trick or treeeaaat!"...read more |
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My Many Hats
The life of a stay at home working mom.
By Christina Barber
A friend once asked, "How can you do that? How can you be a stay at home mom, get all of that writing done and not go crazy?" My reply was simple. "I don’t. I just go crazy in a different way."
I had been a stay at home mom...read more |
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An Open Letter to Linda Hirshman
Is there a political agenda behind "Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World"?
By Alan Thomas
Foreword from Jessica Carlson, Contributing Editor, The Imperfect Parent:
Linda Hirshman is the author of the recently published criticism of the inadequacies of today’s feminists, "Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World"....read more |
