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by Lindsay Weiss posted in Life & Home We are in the middle of a Dr. Seuss-themed Teacher Appreciation week at our school. Besides the obvious green eggs and ham, I needed to think of some theme appropriate food for our big luncheon. Two of our little friends dressed up as Thing 1 and Thing [...]

by Laura Larsen posted in Mom Stories Recently a co-worker of mine, who works full time at home just like I do, was told by her child’s school that she wasn’t eligible for a special bus-riding service to take her child to after-school care twice a week while she worked. “You are home to receive [...]

When I was in high school, senior year "superlatives" were a big deal. Graduating students got to choose who among their peers was the most popular, best looking, funniest or most likely to succeed. But at one Washington high school, the only thing that matters is who is the hottest. Students at Issaquah High School have [...]

Main Photo:  Photo by: workingmother.com Editor Teacher Gift Giving Teachers don’t expect gifts from their students—really. But many times students and class parents want to give their teacher a small token of appreciation (especially at the end of the school year) and teachers will happily accept. Think small, simple and ...

by Betsy Shaw posted in Mom Stories If this were the motherhood Olympics, the U.S. medal count would be zero. Sweden, surprise, would be winning–ranked second behind Finland on Save the Children’s State of the World’s Mothers (SOWM) report Mother’s Index, which lists the best and worst places to be a mom, and tying with [...]

by Carolyn Robertson posted in Mom Stories Seventeen-year-old Caitlin Tiller will be graduating from high school this year, just a couple of months after her son celebrated his 1st birthday. But unlike her classmates at North Carolina’s Wheatmore High School, Caitlin won’t have a photo in the year book to look back on. When it [...]

by Katherine Martin posted in Mom Stories Today I saw a post on Facebook about a Connecticut town removing peanuts from their Little League games due to peanut allergies on the team. And I glanced at the comments. They were full of rants against kids with food allergies. Calling them weak and worse. People arguing [...]

If David Laferriere’s amazing sandwich bag art made you feel a little self-conscious about your own school lunch efforts, prepared to be awed by Brooklyn photographer and mom Nina Levy. Each day she includes an original cartoon sketched out on a napkin in her two kids’ lunches. According to Mashable, she takes requests from her [...]

by Betsy Shaw posted in Mom Stories There have been times when I could honestly say I’d rather throw myself off a bridge while sticking needles in my eyes than make another bag lunch. Thankfully, I’ll never have to go through with this threat, because, one dark afternoon in the middle of darkest dreary winter [...]

by Katherine Martin posted in Mom Stories Today I saw a post on Facebook about a Connecticut town removing peanuts from their Little League games due to peanut allergies on the team. And I glanced at the comments. They were full of rants against kids with food allergies. Calling them weak and worse. People arguing [...]