It's Working Project

THE PICTURE IS

CHANGING

Welcome to the It’s Working Project Blog – where we continue to follow the evolving story of back to work with baby in America. Here you will find pieces that feature or have been authored by Julia Beck. You will see what has captured our imagination and who we are applauding, encouraging and elevating.

We’re committed to providing a comprehensive, honest view of what work looks like for American parents. The It’s Working Project Blog is where we share what’s making headlines and sometimes, making heads spin! Join us as we make sense of the quickly shifting landscape, join the conversation, share your story and invite others as we continue to explore what It’s Working means.

The Young Mother and the Bathroom
It is all in the lens I had a great lunch date — the same one I had for breakfast actually. This...
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Meternity is Just a Fantasy
Meternity Sometime I fantasize about being someone else. Fantasy is a part of the human experience. I...
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NOT THE YEAR OF LEAVE rather THE YEAR WE LET GO
So far 2016 has been full of landmark, groundbreaking and remarkable shifts in the parental landscape....
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Stories Spark Change
Photo by Alice Proujansky There is nothing new about images of American mothers, especially those addressing...
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Make no mistake about it, what we’re doing is working
Photo by Jessica McFadden. This past week First Lady Michelle Obama invited 150 parent bloggers to the...
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Oh Daddy: Adam LaRoche and the Mother of all Plays, Parenting!
I was asked to comment yesterday on the story that is Adam LaRoche’s potential retirement from baseball....
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Whatever Gets You Through the Night, Out the Door, On Your Feet…
When I started Forty Weeks in 1999, there immediately came to life a category of emerging products that...
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Where Oh Where is the Childcare?
The New York Times is once again considering how we get from here to there in the American workplace....
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The Parenting Penalty, At Home
The Parenting Penalty (formerly known as the Motherhood Penalty, perhaps progress!?) is no longer just...
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Dads 2.0: What The New Dad Work/Life Arrangement Looks Like
When we hear “back to work” after baby, so much of the conversation immediately turns to women. There’s...
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Just Wondering, Wondering this Morning After SB50
It is the morning after the big game of social consciousness and homage to the legacy of the game (that...
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The Big Share
New Transparency Identifies Parent-Friendly Workplaces Two years ago, we sat at the White House Summit...
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