Donald Trump will be the 45th president of the United States. He is also a member of the Republican party, which may mean drastic changes in domestic policy. Potentially, these changes will introduce tremendous benefits and for families. Like millions of other Americans, you’re wondering, how these changes will affect you. What is Trump going to do with Obamacare? Child and elder care? How will working mothers be affected? What will happen in relation to laws regarding abortions?

This week's parenting and child care news roundup includes stories about Trump's possible changes to abortion laws, Tyra Banks' secret to finding a balance between work and motherhood, how child care costs are hurting the family budget, mothers who are using crowdfunding to help cover maternity leave and more.

Wendy Louise Hagler is a pioneer of vegan cuisine and cooking in America. She’s been an authority on vegan cooking since the 70s. She recently spoke with CareGuide about her latest book, THE VEGAN MOM-TO-BE. This book provides vegan mothers information they need to create an effective diet during pregnancy along with some tasty recipes so that your dishes will be healthy and taste great. If you’re a mother-to-be and considering a vegan diet, you don’t want to miss this interview.

The United States is the only developed country that doesn't offer paid maternity leave. Believe it or not many American families and mothers have turned towards crowdfunding campaigns in order to help cover the financial burden of maternity leave. What is crowdfunding? How does it work? How can you take part and create a successful campaign for you and your baby? This article will take a look at how mothers are using crowdfunding to pay for maternity leave.

Sitter.com shares the past weeks top parenting news, including stories about president-elect Trump's family leave proposal, repeal of Obama-care and possible ban on abortions, women entrepreneurs who are successfully running businesses while running their homes, ways to help manage your children's screen time, advice on raising unique and emotionally healthy twins and more.

Dr. Joan A. Friedman is renown psychotherapist and expert on twins. She's a mother of five, including twin boys and most importantly, she's an identical twin herself. She spoke with CareGuide about her book EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY TWINS: A New Philosophy for Parenting Two Unique Children and provided practical and important advice for parents of twins. If you have twins or are expecting to have them, you don't want to miss this interview!

Cortney Gibson, newborn care expert, board member of the International Nanny Association and founder of Gibson Newborn Services spoke with us about newborn care and changes being made in the industry to help bring more professionalism and awareness to a very specific area of childcare.

Sitter.com shares the past weeks top parenting news, including stories about Adele opening up about postpartum depression, Chinese women attending nanny university, American families bringing attention to Down Syndrome beyond the October awareness month, teens spending 9 hours/day on screen media and menopause lowering women’s sex drive.