by Mary Hasson
The Washington Post story caught my eye: "The Return: A stay-at-home mom attempts to go back to work after nearly two decades. Can she revive her career?"

Rating: 3.0/5

by Laraine Bennett
Don't you love it when researchers confirm what you've been saying all along...especially when they are Stanford University researchers? You may remember my rant...er, blog, about working outside the home. There, I bemoaned the fact that women's work is often under-appreciated and under-valued.

Rating: 5.0/5

by Laraine Bennett
Before I started my new job, I worked at home. If I had a dollar for every time someone said to me, "Now that you are working ... " I would have, well, 5 dollars for sure. One for each of my ungrateful children and spouse, whom I have thoroughly lectured until they now cower in fear. Yet still, I catch them saying, "Now that you are working ..."

Rating: 5.0/5

Finding a job is hard. I have been through the sorry-no-days-off-not-even-Christmas-Eve, you-pay-for-parking-if-you-can-find-it-in the District-of-Columbia,end-up-losing-money job offers. Then there was the offer where the assistant quietly slipped me a business card and whispered, you might want to talk to me later about working for this place. Turns out, the boss had asked him not to cash his paycheck for awhile, and it only got worse from there.

Rating: 5.0/5