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Here's a problem many women who took a break from working outside the home to be with the kids have faced for a while: How to explain the blank space on the resume? The fact that being a SAH parent isn't given much respect, and the unfair impression some employers have that it means you aren't...

I hear you, Keri. Nothing like a little crying baby to drive you to the bottle. I suggest you chill it first. Is she being carded? She's lucky enough to look under 30. Photo: Jezebel Related Posts: Keri Russell: Working Mama Keri Russell Breastfeeding at Leisure

I'm all for supporting your children's dreams, but this time I think mumsy and dadsy have gone too far. New York Magazine has a story about two young women who spend their days sitting on a stoop in the West Village. What do you mean, Mr. Blog Person? Don't they work? Or go to school? Or...

When you're Canadian, do you wake up every morning happy ... cold, but happy? I ask because it seems to me that Canadians get it when it comes to families -- healthcare, maternity leave, education. Canadians are just so together, cold but together. Take this as an example: national lawmakers there...

Seriously. Where in the world has Melanie Griffith been? Does she still work? I didn't even recognize her from this angle. She's like half the size she used to be and has some ink. Who knew? Even Stella didn't help me guess this celebrity mom. However, when she turns full-frontal, there's...

You know that moment when you've finally delivered your newborn, when the glaring fluorescent lights and OB massaging the placenta out of your weary body seem to fade away and you have that first glorious parental epiphany that your screaming, slippery child is the most beautiful baby on the planet?...

It's hard out there for a pimp. But apparently, it's even harder for parents who return to work after taking time off to be with their children. A survey by UK Web site mother@work reports that only 1 out of 10 parents who returned to work did so because they loved their job ; most went back purely for...