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
News & Views Men can do emotional labour. Really. My husband is proof of male capability in the domestic sphere, including in the realm of emotional labour. It can be done.
News & Views The 5 words women need to start hearing: ‘It’s ok to be childfree’ 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.
News & Views ‘How I’m lowering the bar’: Notes from a reformed ‘super parent’ Earlier this year father of two Rob Sturrock wrote that he was abandoning his aspirations to be a super parent. He reflects on how he’s tracking.