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Can you get any work done when your kids are around?
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Timesaving tips for running your household
Essential Kids members and full-time working mothers share their tips on how they juggle work, children, and getting everyone up and out the door every morning. On time!
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The relaxed mummy files: The work juggle
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Nine-year-old thanks her mum's work for "making Mum happy"
A small piece of encouragement in the form of a note from a daughter to her mum's work has eased a mother's guilt.
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Why 'attention residue' is killing your performance
Being driven to distraction may be sucking dry your ability to focus and succeed.
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Chris Gayle's comment was no laughing matter
As the next generations move towards the workforce should they have to put up with the things we have often kept silent about?
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Smartphone email notifications 'a toxic source of stress', psychologists say
The secret to happiness is to turn off notifications from your smartphone email app, according to a new study.
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How helping dads can help everyone have more
Finding a true balance and allowing women to have it all is not just about empowering women.
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Why being a stay at home parent isn't a job
It's true that parenting is really, really hard. But is it an actual 'job'? Well, that is eminently debatable.
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Nine-year-old girl's fool-proof business plan goes viral
A nine-year-old girl has come up with the perfect business model for her future dog walking company.
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Are we doing our kids a disservice by telling them they can do anything?
We are teaching our kids to aim high and telling them they can do anything. But is this helpful or fair? Can kids do anything?
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Turning paper into water: sisters sell origami to raise over $650,000 for wells
These two sisters are turning paper into water, literally.
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Why I have to stop being a stay-at-home parent
I'm actually filled with pants-wetting terror at the thought of re-entering the workforce. And that's why I have to do it.
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Company chiefs with daughters make for kinder workplaces
Children shape their parents' beliefs and preferences, and this has real implications for decision making at the top echelons of corporate companies.
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