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Sweden Sounds Like Eden for Working Parents

By Inger Arenander ● Uncategorized ● April 29, 2001

Americans are still arguing the pros and cons of full-time day care, yet the Swedes are making it more widely available. Fees are being capped and funds set aside for improving quality. Also, paid parental leave is being extended to 13 months.

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Day Care Report Launches Misinformed Hysteria

By Caryl Rivers ● Uncategorized ● April 22, 2001

Parents with children in child care should not be worried by the results of the latest study on the effects of non-full-time-mommy care. In fact, the study should hearten many parents seeking to raise smart kids.

Bush Tax Plan Leaves Many Children Behind

By Gwendolyn Mink ● Uncategorized ● April 4, 2001

The conservative Republican-proposed child tax credit is unfairly designed to benefit only families who are successful in the labor market. A single mother with two children must earn $23,500 to get any benefit at all.

Abused Children Must Pay For Father’s Therapy

By Womens Enews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● March 10, 2001

Proposed Bankruptcy Law May Hurt Custodial Parents

By Elizabeth Randolph ● Uncategorized ● March 9, 2001

A proposed bankruptcy law moves custodial parents owed child support up to number one in line for payment. Yet, critics say the change is smoke and mirrors, with debt to credit card companies gaining the same status as child support obligations.

Eight States Introduce Paid Family Leave Bills

By Cindy Richards ● Politics ● February 16, 2001

Ideas on how to fund paid family leaves are percolating in states from Massachusetts to Texas. Advocates also hope to expand federal family leave law to apply to small companies and to provide funds for pilot wage-replacement programs.

Minors’ Privacy Rights Set Back In Florida

By Nancy Cook Lauer ● Politics ● February 15, 2001

A Florida appeals court overruled a state court judge who said parental consent laws can’t make a sharing Norman Rockwell family. Women’s groups deplored the ruling, saying the law has the potential to cause harm to desperate teens.

U.S. Nurse-Midwife Comes Out of Hiding in Nicaragua

By Stacey Kramer ● Arts & Culture ● February 8, 2001

(WOMENSENEWS) — A 70-year-old U.S. nurse-midwife, in hiding to avoid deportation from Nicaragua, has emerged as the government temporarily suspended efforts to expel her from the country where she ran an embattled rural health clinic. But Dorothy Granada’s legal troubles haven’t ended.

Her legal status remained uncertain and she still could face deportation, as the government promised on Wednesday to pursue charges of engaging in anti-government activities.

"The dogs have not been called off," said one political observer who has followed the situation.

Child Care Eats up to Quarter of Family Income

By Glenda Crank Holste ● Politics ● January 26, 2001

High costs and increasing demands for child care highlight the importance of subsidies, Head Start, state-funded pre-kindergarten, pretax savings accounts and tax credits that can make child care more affordable for working families.

Day Care Needed, But Site Could Be Dangerous

By Cindy Richards ● Politics ● January 9, 2001

The debate over a proposed day care center outside Chicago is a microcosm of contending work, family, health, safety and environmental issues. Parents and employees want it, but officials say the industrial site could be dangerous.