by Kylie Krackenbacken I am trying to have it all. I am utterly, absolutely besotted with our adorable little boy. He loves us desperately and is mad keen for cuddles. The feeling of his skinny little arms around me squeezing me tight makes my heart sing. I am also trying to maintain my career while […]
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Meet the village raising my children
It took me a long time to really understand the saying ‘it takes a village to raise a child’. After growing my first son inside me for 9 months, then being constantly in his presence for the first 10 months of his life, I found it incredibly difficult to go back to paid work. The […]
I’ve discovered the cause of the obesity epidemic
Let’s face it, the obesity epidemic is well and truly a #FirstWorldProblem. Ethiopia doesn’t have an obesity problem, nor do Somalia or Rwanda. We variously blame lack of willpower, genetics, epigenetics, parents setting bad habits or junk food advertising for our ever-expanding girths. You know what I think? I think that part of the problem is that we […]
Travel, Work and Preschoolers – The Highs and Lows of Working Online
by Sharon Gourlay I am blessed. I have two great kids. I have a flexible job that I have been able to create myself, and we travel frequently. It is the lifestyle I dreamed about for years but never thought was possible. However, now that I have arrived here it is like most things I […]
From aerospace engineer to jewellery designer: one Mum’s story
My friend Lenneke is a great story teller. She’s one of those people you could listen to for hours and when she talks about her entirely unconventional career path she always has me completely spellbound. When I heard she’d been made redundant from her latest career and had decided to relaunch her Etsy store, Cheeky Little […]
Equal pay is not enough
There’s been a lot of talk recently about the shocking gender pay gap in Australia. We’re going backwards, ladies. We’re paid 18.2% less than men for work of equal value. That’s bad enough for paid work. But what about the valuable work we parents do that we’re paid nothing for? I’m talking, of course, about […]