Read more maternity leave stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32771/maternity-leave.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:09:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67747/feminists-dont-get-it-motherhoods-a-drug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor Katie Roiphe, the connection with her newborn child is like an “addiction," she writes on DoubleX. "There is an opium-den quality to maternity leave. The high of a love that obliterates everything.” Why, then, can’t feminists accept that motherhood is more than a “vocation?” Sure, “the act of caring...http://www.newser.com/story/67747/feminists-dont-get-it-motherhoods-a-drug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 15:08:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67380/meghan-mccain-to-sit-in-for-hasselbeck-on-the-view.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMeghan McCain will sit in for new mom Elisabeth Hasselbeck on the View in September, the New York Post reports. The daughter of John McCain and one-woman youth movement in the GOP has proven popular on the chatfest, and will tape 3 episodes. Also filling in for Hasselbeck later in...http://www.newser.com/story/67380/meghan-mccain-to-sit-in-for-hasselbeck-on-the-view.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 12:55:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55200/its-time-to-put-the-breast-pump-away.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWe may have taken the "breast is best" argument too far, writes Judith Warner on her New York Times blog. The evidence for the superhuman benefits of breast milk over formula isn't so clear-cut, after all, and it's not worth it to guilt women into pumping when the real battlefield—...http://www.newser.com/story/55200/its-time-to-put-the-breast-pump-away.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Apr 2009 11:48:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53213/eu-maternity-benefits-may-triple.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMaternity leave benefits in the EU are set to triple if a new proposal goes through, the Telegraph reports. New moms would see a bump from 14 to 18 weeks of paid leave under the plan and would get a full paycheck during that time—rather than lower sick-pay rates....http://www.newser.com/story/53213/eu-maternity-benefits-may-triple.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 6:14:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52985/recessions-latest-victim-maternity-leave.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStay-at-home moms are becoming the next casualty of the recession, the Wall Street Journal reports. Women who hoped to take several months or even years of maternity leave are now scrambling to find work or increase their hours as the family finances crumble. One mom-centric staffing agency has seen a...http://www.newser.com/story/52985/recessions-latest-victim-maternity-leave.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Mar 2009 9:11:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50236/working-moms-look-to-michelle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWorking moms are waiting for their own stimulus package—maternity leave, affordable childcare, flexible work arrangements—and they’re looking to Michelle Obama to push it through, Reuters reports. The new first lady began discussing these issues during her husband’s presidential campaign. “She's saying: ‘I’m here, I get it, let's do...http://www.newser.com/story/50236/working-moms-look-to-michelle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Feb 2009 15:55:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47702/breast-may-be-best-but-pumps-get-all-the-attention.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe push for regulations that give US moms a place and time to pump their breast milk overlooks a major part of the age-old breast-feeding debate, Jill Lepore writes in the New Yorker . “Is it the mother, or her milk, that matters more to the baby?” Lepore asks. High-tech pumps...http://www.newser.com/story/47702/breast-may-be-best-but-pumps-get-all-the-attention.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Jan 2009 15:54:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47000/new-maternity-leave-means-bring-your-kids-to-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEvery day can be bring-your-child-to-work day, the New York Times reports, as more companies are allowing parents to bring their babies into the office. The move helps moms and dads dodge the financial hit of parental leave while simultaneously spending time with their kids. “I have not heard anyone react...http://www.newser.com/story/47000/new-maternity-leave-means-bring-your-kids-to-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Jan 2009 18:00:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32706/fiorina-hosts-ny-event-for-hillary-funders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAbout 25 disgruntled Hillary Clinton donors met Tuesday with a top adviser to John McCain, and promised “hundreds of thousands and maybe millions of votes” for the Republican—if their conditions were met. Carly Fiorina said the women she met in New York were “intensely uncomfortable with the notion of...http://www.newser.com/story/32706/fiorina-hosts-ny-event-for-hillary-funders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Jul 2008 14:53:20 CDT