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 1 Year, 8 issues - Working Mother Magazine is a source of ideas for balancing time, money, and sanity.

Parents Magazine

1 Year, 12 issues - For people with children from infants to teens, Parents Magazine gives helpful tips on raising them

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The Second Shift, by Arlie Ru Hochschild.   Publisher Comments:  Sociologist and Berkeley professor Arlie Hochschild wrote on a woman's "second shift" 15 years ago and discovered women did the majority of childcare and housework even though both parents worked outside of the home.    Now she has updated this book and explains the changes that have been made in the past 15 years for women and the "second shift".

The Milk Memos: How Real Moms Learned to Mix Business with Babies-and How You Can, Too, by Cate Colburn-Smith. Amazon.com's product description: "It's one of the most existential moments any woman will face: sitting in a small room tucked away in the bowels of your company, pumping breast milk for a child so close to your heart-yet, at that moment, so far away. The Milk Memos records the voices of mothers who, while struggling with the difficulties of blending their two lives, prove that women don't have to choose between work and family. Their thoughts on how it can be done will inspire women everywhere. This invaluable book weaves the actual Milk Memos journal entries with information-packed sections on such topics of great concern to working moms as:

- finding a private place to pump breast milk at work and establishing a routine that you can maintain despite your busy workday;
- establishing the right daycare solution;
- getting a decent night's sleep with a new baby so that you can shine (or at least glimmer!) during business hours; and
- negotiating flextime, part-time, or a job share with an employer.

The ultimate gift for any new mom who will soon return to work, The Milk Memos is destined to become a classic on the parenting shelf."

The Mom Economy: The Mothers's Guide to Getting Family-Friendly Work, by Elizabeth Wilcox. Product Description from Amazon.com.
The Mom Economy offers hands-on exercises; guidance from career counselors, psychologists, and human resource professionals; and valuable advice from more than 100 working mothers with family-friendly employment, in an indispensable guide that can help women:

*Know what they must earn
*Understand how employer-sponsored benefits may help
*Evaluate employers
*Negotiate for flextime, part-time, or telecommuting
*Establish a network
*and more

A large majority of women work today-but in many cases, it's still up to them to negotiate terms of employment that suit their lifestyles and allow them to meet their kid's needs. This practical volume helps moms get what they need most from the workplace-and find the work that works for them.

Chicken Soup for the Working Moms Soul: Humor and Inspiration for Moms Who Juggle It All (Chicken Soup for the Soul), by Canfield, Hansen and Aubery. Product Description from Amazon.com: A Mom's Work Is Never Done...Whether you work full time or part time, in an office or from your home, or are a stay-at-home moms Chicken Soup for the Working Mom's Soul is for you.

The stories found in this heartwarming book are from women who, day in and day out, juggle and balance their careers and their families. Whether it's a busy day at the office, followed by music lessons and baseball practice, preparing dinner, or helping with homework, then snuggling and tucking in the little ones, life for a working mom is a busy one. But it is also an enriching and rewarding life, and the stories shared in this book by working moms will show you that it's not important to be 'Super Mom' all the time, just some of the time!