childcare

Too often piecemeal solutions have been offered to fix childcare. Wholesale change is required to benefit children, educators and families.

Melinda Gates has written an op-ed on LinkedIn arguing that American workplaces are designed for dads not daughters. She says workplaces need to catch up.

Swedish Dads Johan Bavman has photographed 25 dads in Sweden who took more than 6 months leave with their babies and it captures the magic.

Life advice from Quentin Bryce. What I learned after a morning with the author of Dear Quentin on childcare, motherhood, resilience and sexism.

An interview with Simon Birmingham by Georgina Dent about the recent childcare reform, combining a career in canberra with kids and women in politics.

The OECD report was about women’s workforce participation rates in Australia not stay-at-home mums being a drain on the economy.

According to the Pregnancy and Employment Transitions Survey, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics last week, 27% of women who returned to work following the birth of a child relied on grandparents as their main form of childcare.

Just about every time I click on a YouTube video, watch television or open a newspaper, I’m confronted with federal government advertisements informing me that we can claim a non-means tested childcare rebate.

Ask any working mum about her secret to success and there’s one common denominator: access to quality and affordable childcare.

Yesterday I read something that had its intended effect.

It’s the question that can overwhelm a new parent with fear and guilt.

It has always surprised me to hear children referred to as though they are some kind of consumer product or accessory.