parenting

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.

Dr Inger Mewburn dipped her toe into the postgraduate world when her son Brendan was just eight months old and by the time she had her doctorate he had celebrated his eighth birthday.

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.

When thinking about starting a family in line with managing a career, it’s easy to believe the optimal thing to do is to get on the path to leadership before giving the family a go.

Since becoming Yahoo! CEO in July this year, Marissa Mayer has unwittingly led the troupe on the work/life debate.

When teenager Thomas Kelly was brutally and fatally hit in Sydney’s Kings Cross a year ago I was hit by the fear of god.

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.

Most afternoons I phone my 14-year-old son at around 5pm to make sure he is at home and safe, following the bus trip from school.

This story first appeared on August 9 2012 Before having children I worked 12-14 hour days, often seven days a week.

When news of Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer’s pregnancy broke, I tweeted that I too had been appointed to a new role when I was six months pregnant.