On-Site Daycare Is Disappearing as a Company Perk
The national conversation over paid parental leave is gathering steam, becoming a go-to political talking point and a…
Report: Celebrities Aren't the Only Women Having Kids Over 40
An increasing number of women are having children over 40, according to a CDC report; a second report shows that the…
Why the Fuck Are Middle-Class Parents This Overwhelmed?
New research has found that educated, middle-class white people with kids—you know, the people TV wants you to model…
I Was Asked to Leave a Women's Empowerment Seminar for Bringing My Baby Girl
I walked into the darkened auditorium of the conference center at nine in the morning, with my baby girl Olivia…
Let’s Stop Constantly Asking Powerful Women About Their Babies
Efforts to slay the work-life balance dragons are finally center stage—studies, books, and powerful women have made it…
Work-Life Balance Is a Mirage. Here's Exactly What Needs to Change
In a recent opinion piece for the New York Times, adapted from her forthcoming book, Anne-Marie Slaughter paints a…
Gabrielle Union: 'The Penance for Being a Career Woman Is Barrenness'
Gabrielle Union says it’s unfair that women often get shamed for choosing to have babies later in life. Something about…
Penelope Trunk on Work-Life Balance: Pay With Your Life to Be Able to Work
Penelope Trunk, the formerly respected career blogger whose brand of unflinching pragmatism began veering into a quite…
A Cool New Site Helps Moms Find Work-From-Home Tech Jobs
Women are notoriously underrepresented in tech fields for a variety of complicated reasons. Two women are trying to…
Pepsi CEO Says Work Kept Her from Being There for Her Daughter
In an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Monday, PepsiCo chair and CEO Indra K. Nooyi dropped some real talk…
Obama Calls for Maternity Leave Legislation That Will Never Happen
President Obama has called for the US to join almost every country in the entire world in mandating paid maternity…
Air Force to Allow Three Years Off to Start Families
What a topsy turvy week it's been. Perfect couple Beyonce and Jay Z are now models of dysfunction. The flagship…
Work-Life Balance Isn't Just for Moms—All the Single Ladies Want It Too
There's the common perception that once women have children they suddenly look around at their careers and realize that…
Ladies Now Care More About Making Money Than Lazy, Lazy Dudes
Women have finally begun to give up the ghost of any lingering Cinderella or Romney fantasies left after the Who Wants…
The Concept of Work/Life Balance Is Kind of Silly
Successful career women are almost always — perhaps even literally always — asked in interviews how they deal with the…
How Schools Can Help Moms Stay in Science
We talk a lot about the discrimination women face in science and engineering, but a new study says there may be a…
Crappy Bosses Will Mess Up Your Home Life Too
A mean boss can apparently screw up your life at home as well as at work — a new study shows that people with "abusive…
Women With The Most Education Also Get The Most Maternity Leave
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a report on employment and parental leave for first-time mothers, showing how…
Should College Women Learn About Their Shriveling Eggs?
In addition to academic and career advice, do college women need preparation for deciding if and when to have kids? One…
The Unhappiest Person Ever Is A Female Lawyer
Well, the unhappiest white-collar worker, that is. A survey of such folks reports that the least happy among them is "a…