Here's How Much It Would Cost to Replace Your Mom
Based on the 10 most time-consuming tasks listed by more than 6,000 mothers, Salary.com estimated how much it would cost a year to replace your mom.
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More Working Moms Want Full-Time Jobs
Working mothers increasingly want full-time jobs, and tough economic times might be a big reason, a Pew Research Center poll finds.
The Backlash Against Sheryl Sandberg Is Already Starting
Although Sheryl Sandberg's manifesto, Lean In, was just published Monday, it already is generating a torrent of debate -- much of it among female professionals who complain they feel left out of Sandberg's vision of success in the corporate world.
The Makers: Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg on Empowering Women
She paved a way for herself in male-dominated Silicon Valley, and now she's encouraging other women to join her. In the new PBS documentary Makers: Women Who Make America," Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talks about women, work and the will to lead.
The Makers: Xerox CEO Ursula Burns Tells Her Story
In the new documentary "Makers: Women Who Make America," Xerox CEO Ursula Burns tells the story of how she rose to become the first African-American woman to lead a Fortune 500 company.
Well-Educated Women Pay a High Price to Have Kids
Highly skilled women will lose about a quarter of a million dollars, or as much as a third of their lifetime earnings, by choosing to have a child, making the prospect of raising a family a far more expensive one for college grads than their less-educated counterparts, a new study shows.
Heavy Student Loans Put a Damper on Family Life
It's a sad truth: Debt forces people into choices they'd rather not make. A survey conducted by Sallie Mae subsidiary Nellie Mae found that 21% of student borrowers had delayed having children because of their loans, and 14% delayed getting married because of their student debt loads.
Happiness Coaching: Is it a Positive or a Negative?
A growing list of companies have jumped on the "happiness coaching" bandwagon. To its practitioners, it is a proven method that can lead to changed lives. But to its detractors, its just another gimmick for squeeze more work out of dispirited employees.
