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Career after baby? What career?
You can skirt around the issue of returning-to-work after baby with whatever fancy, politically correct phrases you like, but when it’s reduced down like a Masterchef-style jus, the stress, the negotiation, the juggle and the guilt make the whole process, simply, crap.
Should you have a third child or not?
I thought our family had been complete with our two boys. I had no idea how much I needed my daughter until she was here.
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Why wealthy families are opting for more kids
A couple with two kids seems to be the clichéd family make-up and for many also the ideal. But what if you throw another child into the mix – by choice?
'Never sleep, just panic': Working from home with baby
"How hard could it be?"
How you can put your finances on a 5:2 diet
Learn how to do 'clean spending'.
Female doctors asked about family plans during job interviews, AMA says
Female junior doctors are being asked about their plans to have children during job interviews, prompting the Australian Medical Association to slam the practice as something which should have "stopped yesterday".
The company where women get promoted while on maternity leave
In corporate Australia where there are just a handful of female CEOs on the ASX 200, and 13 of the nation's largest boards still without any women on it, male chiefs need to push women to climb the corporate ladder.
'I felt this enormous amount of conflict': the rise in stay-at-home fathers
Like many young Canberra couples Dan and Juanita Watters found themselves facing tough career choices when deciding to start a family. Both working full time and trying to juggle work and family responsibilities, something had to give.
The initiative to help job-hunting mums explain the 'resume gap'
It's a common problem faced by mums returning to work after an extended period of maternity leave. How do I account for the gap that years at home caring for babies has left in my resume?
Microsoft's new parent policy sets new standard
Computer software giant Microsoft will set new standards by extending paid maternity leave to 20 weeks and providing four weeks of paid leave for employees to care for a seriously ill family member.
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Daddy, we still hardly know you
We all know about motherhood issues – motherhood being a proposition no one can oppose. But what about fatherhood? On this issue, it seems our society's views are more equivocal.
Fathers of newborns failing to take up paid leave scheme
It was designed to help dads connect better with their newborn children, but Australia's paid parental scheme is still leaving fathers behind.
Sleep deprivation spurs $30 million Love To Dream business
Struggling with her newborn baby provided business inspiration for Hana-Lia Krawchuk.
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