Upcoming Events:
Yoga Night - Thursday, May 22nd
Memorial Day Family Picnic/BBQ - Monday, May 26th
Mother's Night Out, Pioneer Square Gallery Walk - Thursday, June 5th
Mom Metrics:
81% of American women will become mothers.
69% of mothers work for pay in addition to providing 2/3 of all unpaid family care.
Unpaid caregiving is not counted as work in the Gross Domestic Product.
Women spend an average of 11.5 years out of the workforce, caring for children or elderly parents.
For each year out of the workforce, a mother receives 0 credit toward Social Security benefits.
Among young women and men without children, women now make 98% of men's wages.
Yet mothers make 73% or less of the wages of all others in the workforce.
Of the world's wealthiest nations, only 2 - the U.S. and Australia - do not provide paid parental leave for full-time employees.
