Stephen Sweet is an assistant professor of sociology at Ithaca College and was formerly the associate director of the Cornell Work and Family Careers Institute.
Do you wish that you had never heard the term Tiger Mother? Do you, like me, resent the way social discourse pits mothers against each other in a race to become the new Wonder Woman?
Steven Greenhouse writes about labor and workplace issues for The New York Times. This blog was originally posted on The New York Times Economix Blog- all rights reserved.
Two new reports released this month shine some positive light on California's Paid Family Leave (PFL) program. Despite some initial concerns that this policy would impose excessive demands on employers, especially small businesses, all ready burdened by a rough economic climate, research by Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman has shown just the opposite.
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