Career breaks are common. So why are we still hiding them on resumes?
Bobbie Bain had been working at American Airlines for less than a year when she received devastating news. Her son died. She hadn’t worked long enough to qualify for unpaid…
Parenting tips from a traditional British ‘Mary Poppins’ nanny
A Norland trainee nanny in formal uniform. Graduates are not expected to wear their uniform once they start working for a family, unless requested for a special occasion. Norland College…
South Korea is importing foreign housekeepers to ease the burden on young couples
Seoul, South Korea CNN — As South Korea struggles to get young people interested in marriage and kids, authorities are trying a new tack: importing foreign workers to carry some…
Japanese city apologizes after advising pregnant women not to irritate their husbands
Tokyo CNN — There’s nothing a new mother likes more than being told how to please her husband – right? A Japanese city learned the hard way this week how…
South Korea shuts childcare centers and opens elderly facilities as population ages
Seoul, South Korea CNN — South Korea is getting older – and its care facilities are changing to match. The number of child care facilities in the country has shrunk…
Brazil preschool attack: Man kills four children at day care center in in Blumenau
CNN — Four children have been killed and four more injured in an ax attack at a day care center in the southern Brazilian city of Blumenau. Those killed –…
Thailand massacre: Funeral rites begin for victims of mass shooting and stabbing at nursery
CNN — Buddhist funeral rites have begun in the grieving town of Uthai Sawan in northeastern Thailand, where families are mourning the loss of children killed in a massacre at…
Thailand’s day care massacre unites families and a country in grief
Uthai Sawan, Thailand CNN — Smears of dried blood still stained the wooden floor of a classroom in northern Thailand on Friday, a day after the country’s worst massacre unfolded…
Thailand massacre: Children among at least 36 people killed at child care center
Bangkok, Thailand CNN — Thailand recoiled in horror Thursday after at least 36 people were killed, at least 24 of them children, in a massacre at a child care center…