News & Views ‘I’m not ok’: Meghan Markle’s emotional confession “Any woman, especially when they’re pregnant, you’re really vulnerable, & so that was made really challenging,” Meghan Markle told ITV.
Employers 72% of Australians say dads deserve more parental leave A recent report commissioned by HR services and recruitment company, Randstad, reveals that Australians want better parental leave policies for fathers.
News & Views A woman’s quest to ditch the martyrdom of motherhood As a married, working mother in Australia Georgie Dent is a walking cliché. In a bid to ease the mental burden she’s trying to ditching the martyr path.
News & Views Oh look, another mother attacked for her parenting decisions! Former reality TV contestant Lisa Hyde has faced criticism for her parenting after showed footage of her baby daughter’s $1700 bassinet.
News & Views Why parenting books are rubbish. Confessions of a former ghost writer. Research shows parenting books can be damaging to new parents, adding to mother’s stress and heightening their chances of developing post-partum depression.
News & Views Why parent-shamers must be ignored As the latest expert takes potshots at parents and the debate rages about whether the advice is common sense or judgmental and unfair, who should we listen to when it comes to parenting?
News & Views Grumpy, middle-aged parent shamers need some time out Dannielle Miller has had enough with the shame & judgement from “experts” about the modern parenting “epidemic” in Australia.
Ed's Blog Theresa May calls for more parental leave for dads, where is Australia on it? In Theresa May’s final days as UK prime minister she’s been talking less about Brexit and more about reforming paid parental leave.
News & Views ‘Making up games is more important than you think’: Why Bluey is a font of parenting wisdom Bluey, the Australian children’s television series, captures the wonder of parenting and delivers precious nuggets of parenting wisdom along the way
News & Views The multi-billion dollar question of who cooks, cleans & cares In Victoria alone unpaid work is worth $205.58 billion, or the equivalent of 50% of gross state product each year & it’s women doing most of it.
News & Views The problem with the invisibility of parenting Caring work and parenting isn’t measured or valued despite being worth billions of dollars to every economy around the globe each year.
News & Views ‘I understand Tanya Plibersek’s decision, I do. But I also mourn what could have been.’ Kristine Ziwica says that while she doesn’t think Tanya Plibersek owes it to women to lead the Labor party, she couldn’t help but mourn what might have been