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Work with your kids
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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Dad shares sobering story about being “too busy” to play with his son
The post served as a timely reminder.
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Would you take this nanny job for $162,000?
The successful applicant will need to be a real life super nanny!
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Mums' workload equals 2.5 full-time jobs
A study has found working mums toil for an average of 98 hours a week.
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Is the so-called 'mumpreneur' myth over?
Ten years ago practically every mother wanted to start a start-up. Everything's changed.
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Determined mum proves you should never give up on a dream
If there is one thing Melissa Gillespie wanted to teach her children it is that they should never give up on their dreams.
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Kids and their fathers agree: Dad's working too much
A new study from the Australian National University has found a third of Australian children believe their dads work too much.
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Quitting my job made me feel like a failed feminist
When Lauren Sams finally quit a job that made her unhappy, she felt relieved. But she also felt like a failure.
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Mums are embracing Uber as a career option
The flexible working hours make it a family-friendly job
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Tasmanian boy uses viral fame to do more good for sick kids in hospital
A 12-year-old boy from Tasmania has taken charitable giving to the next level. The inspiring youngster makes a cuddly toy every day, to comfort sick children in hospital.
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If you have a little girl - you need to watch this thought-provoking video
Simply called "Possibility" the short clip introduces us to five-year-old Ellie.
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Argentina's first teacher with Down syndrome shatters stereotypes to achieve her dream
When Noelia Garella was a small child a day care centre director rejected her application and called her a "monster". Now, aged 31, she has overcome a life of prejudice to become Argentina's first teacher with Down syndrome.
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