motherhood

For the women who don’t – or can’t – have children, there is a socially ingrained stigma attached to not being a mother. It’s something we need to change.

One of the only culturally acceptable ways for a woman be angry — without being dismissed as hysterical, un-hinged — is when she does it “as a mother”.

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

A child starting school is a significant milestone, no doubt, but equally it’s an unavoidable rite of passage for kids and parents.  

It can put people in power that represent a huge and often unheard segment of the population. Let’s celebrate the value of mothers in politics.

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?

Whether opting for less hustle is a cop out or a stroke of genius remains to be known but I will spend 2019 testing out having with no goal.  

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.

While the first child improves parents’ mental health, the second child does not. New research confirms second children deteriorate parents’ mental health.

In response to the question of whether women should work The Transformed Wife Facebook page posted a detailed chart plotting the various alternatives.