parenting

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

My husband is proof of male capability in the domestic sphere, including in the realm of emotional labour. It can be done.

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.

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.

My decision way back in 2007 to start working part-time surprised some people. But it’s one of the best decisions I ever made.

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

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.

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.

The amount of leave employees get doesn’t match school holidays and for working parents the summer school break can be challenging, stressful and expensive.

If the assumption that it is always mum, not dad, that does the parenting isn’t challenged or questioned it will never change.

“Emasculating, embarrassing & unnecessary” is how Piers Morgan describes babycarriers after mocking Bond actor Daniel Craig for wearing one.