Saying that no one could possibly live up to the TV dream moms of the 1950s and 1960s, Jill Hudson Neal wrote in the Washington Post that she’s glad that today’s women have a more realistic array of counterparts populating the small screen, from Dr. Miranda Bailey on “Grey’s Anatomy” and Christine Campbell on “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” to Lynette Scavo on “Desperate Housewives.” “. . . [T]hey’re modern American mothers,” she wrote. more

Washington Post blogger Leslie Morgan Steiner advised moms who are returning to work after an extended absence for childrearing need to project confidence to potential employers and should stick with the professional disciplines in which they worked prior to having children. more

The New York Times’ TV reviewer Alessandra Stanley observed that while some popular 70s TV shows featuring women (think “Charlie’s Angels”) used to emphasize the cheese factor, the current slate of TV programs largely focuses on women juggling work-life issues while also maintaining their good looks. more

Work-life balance advocates cheered while some in the legal community raised a skeptical eyebrow after learning that attorneys in a New York bankruptcy case asked the judge to re-scheduled hearings because the original hearing dates were in the middle of the lawyers’ children’s Christmas breaks. more

A married working mom lamented in a Newsweek column that she doesn’t understand why, in an era of so-called equal parenting, she still gets stuck with the bulk of the domestic responsibilities. “It's clear that, like a growing number of his male peers, [my husband] sees parenting and career as equal priorities,” wrote Lorraine Ali. more

The women of the DC Metro Moms Blog want their voices heard in the upcoming presidential election. After recapping the results of their meeting with Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, they extended invitations to the slate of presidential hopefuls to meet with them and answer questions on topics of interest to today’s mothers. (October 2007) more

USA Today recently ran a story headlined, “Work or stay at home? It's still a quandary for moms.” more

Anyone watching the premiere episode of the second season of “Brothers and Sisters” certainly couldn’t miss THE working mom moment. Early in the episode, Sarah Whedon (Rachel Griffiths), CEO and mom of two who’s estranged from her husband, gave her child and her child’s friend a juice box at the playground but was stopped by another mom who, while taking the juice away from her kid, said, “We don’t do processed foods. [Dramatic pause.] No offense. I know you work.” (October 2007). more

A Massachusetts appeals court judge has granted a Massachusetts mother's request to order the National Board of Medical Examiners to give her additional time during her medical license exam in order to express her breastmilk. more

ABC News recently shone the spotlight on a
Texas advertising company’s policy of allowing employees to bring their babies to work with them until the children are 8 months old or become mobile. more