motherhood

The ads, cards and images that have been flooding television commercials, catalogues and social media feeds in the lead up to Mother’s Day, in which mums the world over are pampered, tell a single compelling story.

A new royal baby has arrived. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have welcomed their third child, a son, into the world at Paddington’s St Mar’s Hospital.

This mother was calm and serene, guiding her school-aged daughter – who was the opposite of calm and serene – through a few afternoon jobs. Her performance was superb parenting personified.

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

Andrew Griffiths is the UK’s business minister who is currently promoting shared parental leave and admits to Emma Barnett that he can’t access it himself.

Where are the ‘dadpreneurs’ Christie Whitehill asks, as she explains the problem with ‘mumpreneur’ which demotes a woman’s achievements in business.

Studies show that parents’ demanding jobs can adversely affect the mental health of children, which is why need to talk about work & parenting.

The truth about small children: they are the way they are. How to get your child to sleep? How to help them eat? It depends on them, mother of 3 says.

A dad’s take on parenting, feminism & the unfair advantages of being a man. Getting married and having a child was illuminating for Rob Sturrock

Malcolm Turnbull was photographed cradling his granddaughter Alice with a beer at the footy and has experienced parent-shaming as a result.

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.

Musings from a mum after a week surviving without sleep. School holidays are a break for older kids but for babies sleeping in a travel cot isn’t fun.