Another study cropped up this week, yet one more in a series of studies which blame working parents for all kinds of societal ills. This time, the study said that parents' " more

When Chandra Wilson won the Screen Actors Guild award for the best female actor in a TV drama for her role as a surgeon and new mom on "Grey's Anatomy," she said she couldn't wait to bring home the award to show her daughters to prove that, no matter how you look, you can still achieve. "Thank you Screen Actors Guild for taking me as I am," she said. See a video of her acceptance speech here.  -- Meredith O'Brien more

The media have latched onto Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent use of the image of mom-as-lawmaker. more

A new study by Harvard and McGill University researchers concluded that the United States doesn't provide nearly the same number and quality of family-friendly workplace policies as do other nations, USA Today reported. After surveying 173 countries, the study's authors found that the United States is one of five without mandatory paid maternity leave. more

The Washington Post's parenting blog, "On Balance"  had an intriguing post this past week about the leader of a Washington D.C.-based working and at-home moms group - the Wednesday Morning Group -- who, while introducing a speaker at the gathering, did so while nursing her baby. Now that's combining work and motherhood. more

Flexible work schedules is a hot button topic over on Salon.com's blog Broadsheet these days. Some blog readers say that women who opt to do freelance work in order to accommodate their families do so at their peril by forgoing benefits in exchange for flexibility. more

Working Mother Magazine's February issue has the results of a reader poll on Hollywood moms, naming 12 actresses as winners in various categories. Some of the winners include:

Icon Mom: "The Devil Wears Prada's" Meryl Streep; Reality Mom: "Project Runway's" Heidi Klum; Off-Ramping Mom: Julia Roberts; Single Mom: "Desperate Housewives'" Teri Hatcher; New Mom: "Sherrybaby's" Maggie Gyllenhaal. more

Fox.com Writer Blasted for Column on Women's Business. Megan Dowd, a writer for Fox.com, ran a letter she'd recently received from a reader who admonished her to, "Stay at home and do YOUR job." Dowd used the letter - which blamed working women for destroying American family life - as a launching off point to explain exactly why a column such as hers is needed. more

A Chicago TV station ran a story this week looking at how parents -those who work out of the house and those who are at-home - handle the unexpected news that school is canceled for the day. more

Working Mother Magazine conducted conducted a study of moms and found that one in three send their child to school and/or daycare while the child is ill, most because they say they can't take time off. "Moms often serve as the family health manager, a responsibility that becomes even more difficult for working moms during cold and flu season," Carol Evans, CEO and founder of Working Mother Media said. more