Take the Oprah pledge for safer driving

Go Oprah!
So far, 138,709 people have signed Oprah’s pledge, promising to make their cars “No Phone Zones.”
Why don’t you join her? We have.
Make your car a no-phone zone today
Make that 138,710 pledges, Oprah!

Swear off dangerous driving that could put your kids and someone else’s at risk by signing Oprah’s pledge today.
At MomstoWork, we’ve already [...]

Moms fight for better road safety

Add this to your list of New Year’s resolutions that are easier to achieve than losing weight or launching your own business … and better for everyone.
What is it? Try to stop talking, texting and tweeting while driving.
I love to talk on my cell phone, particularly while driving, but I’ve been trying to give it [...]

How to be an effective helicopter parent

Pity! You can’t accompany your kids to an interview or answer an interviewer’s questions, but you can help them in other practical ways when they start job hunting.
It is a fact of life that kids are staying in the family home longer, often while they hunt for their first jobs.
In this guest post, expert Heather [...]

“Germ Warfare: The Swine Flu Chronicles”

I heard a weird noise the other day and turned around to see my seven year old twin boys and their friends sneezing and coughing all over each. Each wheeze was accompanied by those sound effects little boys make when they are pretending to be Ninjas or Luke Skywalker.
“Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, yeewaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak, spleeeeeerk!”
What was happening? It was [...]

Bloggers, multiskillers, tweeters and teens fail at texting while driving

Guess who got a D for Death in the test for Texting While Driving 101?
Experts in Utah tested some expert bloggers and texters  ( daresay they were savvy tweeters, too) in a simulator. They found even short tweets or a simple, “I’m nearly there!”  put them at risk.
It would have been bye bye blogger if [...]

Part 1: Can I outsource my job search from go to whoa?

Can a busy working mom outsource her job hunt,  getting someone to find the job, do the research and even write a cover letter and resume?  Find out.
Dear Aunt Jobby,
I desperately want to find another job.  Because I fear losing my current job, I am working so hard that I don’t have time to look [...]

Got a little black hole in your resume?

Dear Aunt Jobby
I am rewriting my resume but don’t really know how to deal with a resume gap that occurred a long time ago. About 10 years ago, after a long period of job hunting, I finally landed a job. Within a day, I knew it wasn’t going to work. Within a week, I knew [...]

My worst addiction could kill my kids or yours

I don’t drink when I drive.
I don’t smoke dope or do drugs when I drive (or any other time for that matter).
But I do have an even more dangerous habit. Like nearly all moms in my neighborhood, I talk and drive. All the time.
I think I don’t. I say I don’t.
But I do.
Yesterday, I was [...]

Momfinitions: Guilty admission from a mad mogger

Us Moggers and Tweetheads at MomstoWork couldn’t resist the  Momfinition challenge at TwitterMoms to contribute five definitions to a mom dictionary. Here are ours, and as always, we went overboard and came up with a few more than requested.
And don’t forget to check out other fun definitions, like Keything Ring (what babies chew on) at [...]

No hat no play? Time for some slip, slap, slop

When are schools here in the U.S. going to adopt a “no hat, no play” policy?
In Australia, this policy is as straightforward as it sounds.  Kids aren’t allowed out for recess or into the playground unless they are wearing a hat.
Here in the U.S.  we lag behind. At our kids field day in Maryland, it [...]