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Stay-at-Home Moms Suffer More Sadness

Matt Cantor — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:44:05 CDT

Stay-at-home moms struggle with sadness, depression, and anger more often than employed mothers do, according to a sure-to-be-controversial new Gallup poll. While 26% of stay-at-home moms reported feeling sadness much of "yesterday," that figure was just 16% among employed moms. Some 28% of stay-at-home moms said they have been diagnosed...

Romney: Welfare Moms Need 'Dignity of Work'

Matt Cantor — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:17:28 CDT

New twists in the saga on working moms: The Romney campaign has hammered Democrats over Hilary Rosen's comment that stay-at-home mom Ann Romney had never worked—a comment Ann Romney called an "early birthday gift." But MSNBC unearths video of Mitt Romney himself arguing that parents on welfare "need to...

It's Your Turn to Apologize, Ann Romney

Kevin Spak — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:26:11 CDT

In Republicans' rush to make the most of Hilary Rosen's statement that Ann Romney " never worked a day in her life ," the aggrieved spouse herself told Fox News, "I know what it's like to struggle." Joan Walsh of Salon was shocked, and she's demanding Romney "apologize to all women for...

Democratic Strategist: 'I Apologize to Ann Romney'

Matt Cantor — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:40:50 CDT

Democratic operative Hilary Rosen has apologized to Ann Romney for "poorly chosen" words that sparked a media frenzy . Rosen suggested Romney, a stay-at-home mother of five, had "never worked a day in her life," prompting attacks from Republicans as Democrats distanced themselves from the comments. "I apologize to Ann Romney...

Top City for Working Moms: Minneapolis

M. Morris — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:49:00 CDT

With its low rates of unemployment and violent crime, combined with relatively high salaries for women, the Minneapolis/St. Paul area tops the Forbes list of best cities for working mothers. The magazine gave added weight in this year's rankings to women's income, and when the numbers were crunched, the Minnesota...

Obama Owns Up: Michelle Made More Sacrifices

Rob Quinn — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:23:37 CDT

The men in many families need to be "knocked across the head every once in a while" to realize how much more work their partners are putting into child-raising, President Obama says, and the Obamas are no exception. "There's no doubt that our family, like a lot of families out...

Most Stay-at-Home Moms Aren't 'Opting Out': Census

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:39:01 CDT

The so-called opt-out revolution by stay-at-home moms “is not and never has been and will not be a revolution,” says one sociologist—and statistics from the most recent census support that point. The term was coined to describe well-educated women leaving high-powered careers to raise children, but census figures show...

Moms Deserve a Break Today

M. Morris — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:33:01 CDT

The maternal resentment has evidently been building up for a while, and New York Times blogger Judith Warner is letting loose. She recounts slights perpetrated against her and her friends and wonders: "Why do people so often permit themselves to dump—verbally, emotionally, with a surgically precise ability to wound...

This Mother's Day, She's Likely at Work

Matt Cantor — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:19:25 CDT

She's chef, cheerleader, and Florence Nightengale to scraped knees, but with the economy stinking like a previously enjoyed diaper, Mom is more and more often also a family's breadwinner, reports NPR. As male-dominated industries hemorrhage jobs, 14% of working moms are taking second jobs, a survey suggests. The recession has...