News & Views Grateful, tired, still hurting: My eighth Mother’s Day as a solo parent Mother’s Day can feel tough for solo mothers, but small tadition, connection, and kindness help lighten the load.
News & Views When celebrations are ‘too hard’: Why Mother’s Day can be tricky for siblings When you’re thinking about the mums for whom Sunday might be a bit difficult please also remember the siblings who are using additional emotional bandwidth to support their brothers or sisters,
News & Views ‘I wasn’t ready’: Allegra Spender shares personal story of grief at Motherless Daughters event Speaking to her lived experience of grieving a mother, Allega Spender MP co-hosted and gave a speech at a Motherless Daughters Breakfast.
News & Views What do mums really want for Mother’s Day? What do mums really want for Mother’s Day? A more equitable society: equal chores, shared mental load, end to motherhood penalty, involved dads, affordable childcare.
News & Views Spare the breakfast in bed, mums want the gift of a less extreme mental load Celebrate Mother’s Day by going beyond the traditional gestures. Let’s start a conversation about sharing the mental load in families and working together as a team.
News & Views Those vying for our votes need to listen to mums, this Mother’s Day What mothers really want is security for the future, for our families and our children. Climate action is a must.
Entrepreneurs 10 Australian family & female-run businesses transforming the baby market There’s never been a better time to shop local for Mother’s Day, so here are some excellent baby businesses you should get behind.
Money The hand cream selling for $876,000 a bottle, on par with the price of motherhood Mothers in Ads launched a campaign for bids for a $876,000 bottle of hand cream to highlight the cost of motherhood
Life Mother’s Day can be so painful without your mother but community can help “It is almost unbearable to see advertisements and images everywhere of women pictured with their mothers, smiling and doing things together.”
News & Views My first mother’s day as a mum is also my first without my mum. The grieving is relentless, but I’ve found support. The grieving is relentless. But here’s how Kimberley Smith found support in a network of women called Motherless Daughteres.
News & Views Looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift? How about smashing the patriarchy! The history of protesting mums is rich and influential. It’s time we recognised this group as significantly active.
News & Views Spare a thought for Sole Parent Mums this Mother’s Day Consider the hidden plight of sole parent mums who are unacknowledged and alone, who live in fear of how they can provide a roof over their child’s head.
