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Work & Motherhood

The choices can feel overwhelming, but remember – you’re not alone. Get fresh inspiration and perspective with advice from real mamas.

14 Working Mom Tips for Balancing Baby and Business

Expert #mombosses share their best hacks, tricks and shortcuts.

Updated Jan. 13, 2022

Working motherhood is: Counting down the minutes until I see my baby

Nine hours and 40 minutes that someone else would feel my daughter's hand wrapped around her index finger.

Updated Aug. 30, 2022

New mama + model Rosie Huntington-Whitley has some advice for working moms

She recognizes that she can’t be everything to everyone *all the time.*

Updated Mar. 29, 2018

Would You Take Your Baby to a Job Interview?

Well Rounded's weekly links are here.

Updated Mar. 15, 2018

How To Dress for Pumping at Work

6 tips to make your pumping breaks at the office a whole lot easier.

Updated Jun. 20, 2023

5 Services that Family-Oriented Businesses Offer

How to create a landscape for working parents that's more family friendly.

Updated Apr. 25, 2022

Sen. Tammy Duckworth is using her own pregnancy to champion paid leave for moms ?

Senator Tammy Duckworth proves it. When we have more mothers in power, more mothers can be empowered. 

Updated Dec. 22, 2021
mom hugging child laying down on couch- benefits of being a working mom

Working moms have long-lasting benefits for their kids, says Harvard study

Having a working mom is good for girls and boys, in different ways.

Updated Apr. 03, 2023

Firing pregnant women is worse for employers in the long run

Firing pregnant women isn’t just bad ethics—it’s bad economics.

Updated Apr. 25, 2022

Even Pink is trying to figure out this whole ‘work-life’ balance thing

Superstars have to pull “double duty,” too.

Updated Jan. 30, 2018

The decision to work or stay home should belong to moms—not their employers

Family-friendly policies are shown to benefit companies, too. 

Updated Jan. 18, 2018

You’re not a bad mama because you work

Here are five ways to help you get through that guilt.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

This was the reality for working moms in 2017

One clear takeaway: To achieve gender equality at work, we need more policies and programs that empower women.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

Millennial mamas embrace #honestmotherhood—and other things we learned in 2017

10. They don’t *just* love Target. (But they do love Target.)

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

43% of kids have a parent that works non-traditional hours

About 31 million American kids have a parent who’s working outside standard office hours.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

Working makes *me* such a better mom

I feel more balanced as a person because working helps me maintain my own identity.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021
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