The poetry of poverty-stricken working moms
A haiku is born Created between cries of Mommy, I need you Last night a colleague forwarded to me a link on the Poetry Foundation‘s website that continues a discussion about mothers who live in poverty...
View ArticleWishing fountain money is used to help local children
Ever given your child a couple of pennies to toss into the fountain inside Southgate Mall and wondered just where all those coins wound up? Southgate provided the answer in a news release sent out...
View ArticleNRF says new credit rules will be hard on stay-at-home moms
I’ve been pondering this opinion piece I read last week from the National Retail Federation. It posits that the new Federal Reserve regulations that require specific income information for credit...
View ArticleOnline survey of moms shows shopping trends in a recession
This MediaPost article published last week gives a quick overview of the results a recent online survey of nearly 2,000 moms who were asked about their shopping habits. It is aimed at industry folk,...
View ArticleSurvey says moms will get pampered this Mother’s Day
The countdown to Mother’s Day 2011 has begun! We now have less than a week to go, and according to some recent reports, we moms can look forward to an extra spending – er – extra-special day. A...
View ArticleMore on the secondhand underwear controversy
Last week Connie Schultz, in her syndicated column, brought to my attention a proposal from a Michigan state senator to require foster parents to use their children’s clothing allowance in thrift...
View ArticleNearly 500 Missoula kids losing access to Flagship programs
The Missoulian’s education reporter, Jamie Kelly, reports today that due to a drop in federal funding, Flagship is pulling out of two schools in Missoula County. The decision to end Flagship programs –...
View ArticleBlackbird Kid Shop going out at half-off
The Missoula Independent and Mamalode (via Facebook) are reporting that Missoula’s Blackbird Kids Shop is selling off everything – down to the hangers and shelves – at a deep 50 percent discount before...
View ArticleChildren’s Defense Fund calls poverty rates ‘a national disgrace’
So today the Census Bureau released some pretty awful statistics on poverty in America and poverty among the youngest Americans in particular, and the Children’s Defense Fund released a statement...
View ArticleMoms respond to humor, balance between reality and idealism
You know those “Swagger Wagon” ads for Toyota? Or those commercials for Volkswagen with the little kid in Darth Vader gear? Both are considered marketing hits – largely because they strike the right...
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