So simple, it's genius. A simple list...not unlike the type that's being encouraged in hospital settings. You know what it does there? Decreases errors and improves outcomes. What it would do in the home is DECREASE STRESS and improve outcomes (by outcomes, I mean clothes picked up off the floor, homework done, that sort of thing). All good! From healthcare settings to the home--Thank you, Steady Mom!
Automating Motherhood - Steady Mom
http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2010/02/08/gawandes-checklist-manifesto/
Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow and Professor of Human Ecology at Cornell University, called Home Economics "an important female ghetto," and asked, "What other group of American women did so much, all over the country, and got so little credit? " In the 21st century, we remain relevant, even as our programs are dismantled. Here's a place to come together and discuss pressing issues.
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Friday, February 25, 2011
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