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It’s bring your personal baggage to work day!

February 18, 2013
It’s bring your personal baggage to work day!

Not really. I just made that up, but it would make for an entertaining day at the office and and inevitably lead to questions like, Are you the office mom? Drill sergeant  dad? Whiny baby brother who gets all of office mom’s attention? “Our work environments often take on the characteristics of our families of origin, ...

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You can’t hate your job and be happy

October 25, 2012

The best and worst thing about work is always the people. If you like them, then work doesn’t feel so much like work. If you don’t, the rest of your life can quickly fill with the pain and suffering you’d associate with hell—or kettlebell training. What amazes me are the people who say hating the people they ...

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Princess costumes for boys & math is harder for girls

September 28, 2012

A few of the week’s more interesting stories, chewed and digested: Should a mom let her little boy wear a princess costume? This was the question many people answered when a photo of an NYC mom with her little boy dressed in fairy wings was published here. The photo kicked off a whole lot of uninvited Facebook comments ...

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Working mom writes about single parenting, politics, and the family dog. Occasionally does craft projects. No longer worries about "having it all."
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