'mixing toddlers and the profit motive is a dangerous brew.' Elliot Haspel's prescient piece - Childcare Is in Chaos. Private Equity and For-Profit Chains Are Swooping In. newrepublic.com/article/168322… Follow The New Republic

We collaborated with Economic Hardship Reporting Project to curate a list of care experts for reporters to help them quickly find and feature diverse voices & add depth and nuance to their work, including the expertise of lived experience. Check it out! economichardship.org/working-source…

Love seeing ads for elected officials who have fought to win #PaidLeave ForAll . Thank you Sen. Maggie Hassan for being a #PaidLeave champ.

I had a great time talking with Jessica DeGroot from ThirdPath during last week’s Thursdays with ThirdPath Live Podcasts. Here's the link to access a recording: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thu… #Time4Life #ThirdPathInst and #Worklifebalance

I've been making my way through Mother Brain, and it is an absolutely fascinating book -- be sure to check out this great Q&A between Chelsea Conaboy and Rebecca Gale, then check out the book!

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Chelsea Conaboy has a new book out to address this and some other false narratives that parents in this country have had to swallow. I did a Q and A with her for On Parenting.

Read the full piece here. washingtonpost.com/parenting/2022…

'Requiring support is not a sign of you being a bad mother. It’s you going through a difficult transformation. In a society that doesn’t recognize that as such, it’s perfectly normal to need help.'
-@betterlifelab's Rebecca Gale w/Chelsea Conaboy in On Parenting.

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In order to thrive as new parents, we need to have our struggles be seen. Thanks so much to Rebecca Gale and On Parenting for the time and space to talk about this. washingtonpost.com/parenting/2022…

We are still looking for reporters, storytellers, visual artists who can tell the #childcare innovation story. More details are here:

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The first of Better Life Lab reporting grants on child care. We’re looking for reporters, writers, graphic artists, videographers, photographers & others to focus on solutions & innovations that can help lead to the equitable, universal child care infrastructure we all need

Here's Angela Garbes & me on stage at #MAKERSConference
#MakingTheFuture talking about why #CareCantWait , why #PaidLeave #ChildCare & #HCBS are so popular but not yet invested in and what people can do to hasten change: tell stories, vote & change workplaces. yahoo.com/lifestyle/vick…

Let's be clear: NO ONE should be forced out of their job or be made to feel unsafe at work just because they're pregnant.

That's why we're calling on Congress to #ProtectPregnantWorkers and pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act NOW! #PWFA actionnetwork.org/letters/suppor…

Great to talk with Hadleigh Fischer at Resilience Agenda about how equity at home is key to equity at work. resilienceagenda.com/blogs/episodes…

.Angela Garbes and I had a great time on stage MAKERS #MAKERSConference discussing activism toward #MakingTheFuture that includes #PaidLeaveForAll and values #Care as essential.