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What Do Kids Really Think About Their Working Parents? Tune in Wed. 1pm to Learn

This Wednesday, February 10, 1 PM EST, join us on Talkshoe.com, as Ellen Galinsky, president of Families and Work Institute and author of Ask the Children and Mind in the Making, moderates a discussion with Lisa Belkin, New York Times writer and author of the Motherlode blog on nytimes.com, and clinical psychologist Joshua Coleman, author [...]
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Research highlights from Working Mother Congress 2009

On December 15th, FWI hosted an “encore” of the research panel “New Results/Next Steps” convened for the 2009 Working Mother WorkLife Congress. The panel gives an excellent perspective on why flexible work options are so important to companies and employees. You can download the presentation here, or listen to a podcast of the call. We were [...]
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Ellen on CBS Evening News tonight (10/16)

I have been interviewed for a piece that will air tonight on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric (Friday, October 16th from 6:30 to 7:00 PM, pending breaking news.) The piece discusses the impact of the recession on women’s and men’s roles at work and at home—especially when men lose their jobs and women [...]
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Wellness: It’s everyone’s responsibility

Cross posted from the Huffington Post: No matter what your position is on the health care debate, almost everyone seems to agree that the path we are on is an untenable route to increasing costs and diminishing returns. New data show American workers are getting less healthy each year, and this obviously will increase health care [...]
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