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Saturday, March 6, 2021

"Some have found ways to juggle work, child care and virtual schooling"

"Around 10 million U.S. mothers living with their own school-age children were not actively working in January — 1.4 million more than during the same month last year, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data.

The pandemic has had a devastating effect on employment overall but especially on mothers’ paid labor. The 10 million not working accounted for over one-third of all mothers living with school-age children in the United States, according to the Current Population Survey."

Continue reading from the Census Bureau:

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/03/moms-work-and-the-pandemic.html

Some have found ways to juggle work, child care and virtual schooling

Sunday, February 28, 2021

FM #475 Working Moms Social Club - 02/08/21 (audio)

FM #475 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 475 in the series.

This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Kristi Morin of the Working Moms Social Club based in Franklin. We had our conversation via conference bridge to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.

We talk about:

Kristi’s Franklin story
the purpose of the group
meeting/gathering adjustments made during COVID
Open for new members with a nominal annual membership fee ($25)

Links to the Working Moms Social Club web and Facebook pages are included in the show notes. The recording runs about 16 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with Kristi. Audio file = https://player.captivate.fm/episode/ea6273a6-982c-4bc3-b198-bf9110c38989

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Working Moms Social Club web page = https://www.workingmomsocialclub.org/

Facebook page = https://www.facebook.com/workingmomsocialclub

Email for questions, etc. = admin@workingmomsocialclub.org

Article by Warren Reynolds at 02038.com = https://02038.com/2021/02/local-moms-help-working-mothers/

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