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How businesses are using designated areas to help lactating mothers

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How businesses are using designated areas to help lactating mothers

The recently enacted PUMP Act requires most employers to provide private lactation spaces, but does not provide monetary support to do so.

How businesses are using designated areas to help lactating mothers

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The baby formula shortage is prompting calls to increase support for breastfeeding

The baby-formula shortage has led some to question why the U.S. doesn't provide more support for breastfeeding. Here, a woman breastfeeds her son outside New York City Hall during a 2014 rally to support breastfeeding in public. Andrew Burton/Getty Images hide caption

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The baby formula shortage is prompting calls to increase support for breastfeeding

As parents scramble to find scarce baby formula and the government races to boost production and imports, some advocates say the U.S. should do more to encourage breastfeeding.

The baby formula shortage is prompting calls to increase support for breastfeeding

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Drowning In Parenting Advice? Here's Some Advice For That

How do you tell the good parenting advice from the bad? When producer Selena Simmons-Duffin's daughter was ready to start solid food, her parents encountered wildly conflicting advice about what to feed her. Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR hide caption

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Drowning In Parenting Advice? Here's Some Advice For That

In her new book, Cribsheet, economist Emily Oster offers a lifeline to parents overwhelmed by contradictory parenting guidance. She offers a data-driven, and common-sense, approach to raising a baby.

Drowning In Parenting Advice? Here's Some Advice For That

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