fatherhood

Earlier this year father of two Rob Sturrock wrote that he was abandoning his aspirations to be a super parent. He reflects on how he’s tracking.

If managing the load isn’t shared between parents & if employers and workplaces aren’t accommodating, starting school can be too much.

Rob Sturrock spent 2018 trying to be a super parent when he could have just appreciated his mere survival. This year he’s ditching the fixation.

Even before I read the reasons that Liberal minister Kelly O’Dwyer was exiting politics I understood. Of course I did. Who wouldn’t?

Neela Janakiramanan is a surgeon with a unicorn husband doing more than his fair share of the unpaid work so she can pursue her career. Others don’t get it.

“Emasculating, embarrassing & unnecessary” is how Piers Morgan describes babycarriers after mocking Bond actor Daniel Craig for wearing one.

British author Christine Armstrong writes about women having it all in her book The Mother of All Jobs: How to have Children and a Career and Stay Sane(ish)

For the first time in Australian history business leaders converged to fix the spotlight on fatherhood & how employers can help support men as carers.

With little fanfare, Liana Leach at The ANU, and Amanda Cooklin at La Trobe University, co-hosted a one-day forum in Canberra on the role of fathers.

The resignation of Tim Hammond, and his statement that he simply cannot work as a federal MP and be the father he wants to be to his three small children, has prompted a conversation about dads working part time.

Tim Hammond resigns from parliament immediately, triggering a by-election in Perth saying he cannot be the dad and husband he wants to be while an MP.

Part-time work has accumulated such baggage and become so gendered that it hurts a lot more working parents’ careers than it helps.