Reading Gaby Hinscliff’s blog ‘I am not a feminist but…’ certainly struck a chord. If truth be told I don’t regard myself as a Feminist, my mental perception is I suppose of bra-burning, men-hating, hardnose career driven women who would hold their hands up in horror at the life I have chosen; sacrificing a promising [...]
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Choices
Posted in Employment, feminism, tagged childcare, gender, parenting, paternity leave on March 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
‘Celebrating’ International Women’s Day
Posted in Employment, feminism, Politics, tagged childcare, gender, mothers, parenting, paternity leave, politicians, Role Models on March 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday on International Women’s Day, I thought back to a conversation I had with a friend about feminism and motherhood after reading this article. It gave me a lot to think about because I’ve spent the last three years feeling pulled between being a feminist and taking the traditional ‘woman’s role’ in our household. I’ve [...]
Working mums in the doghouse
Posted in Children, Employment, Health, Parents, tagged bbc, research, working mother on March 4, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Here we go again: Children of working mums are less healthy than those who work part time. To the BBCs credit, they do at least briefly ask ‘what about Fathers’ – but this is yet another judgemental article, castigating full time work, and making assumptions about the type of parenting that goes on. I found [...]
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Posted in Employment, Parents, tagged childcare, grandparents, mothers on March 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A third of families use grandparents for childcare, according to the charity Grandparents Plus, often causing hardship for grandparents who retire early or cut their working hours in order to help out. The charity calls for these effort to be ‘recognised financially’ by the government, since free childcare often allows parents to go to work [...]
Education for all?
Posted in Education, Employment, Politics on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
UCAS has reported an increase of 23% in applications for University places for 2010. This unprecedented demand in Higher Education comes at the worst possible time for those applying. Last year 160,000 students who wanted to study at university, didn’t get a place. Even so – most universities overshot their recruitment targets by about 5%. [...]
The guilt stuff
Posted in Employment, Parents, tagged childcare, working mother on February 10, 2010 | 13 Comments »
I am a working mum, and honestly, I pretty much love it. I don’t have any of that guilt stuff you read about, or do any agonising as I wave the little darlings off at school or nursery before dashing off to the office. What’s not to love? You get your own money to spend [...]
Women’s work?
Posted in 0-5s, Children, Employment, tagged breastfeeding, newborn, paternity leave, post natal depression on February 5, 2010 | 7 Comments »
When I had my first (and last) child three years ago, Lord Blahblah skipped off on paternity leave when I was admitted to hospital to be induced on Wednesday morning (he may or may not have harboured dreams of writing his first novel, a week-long bender wetting the baby’s head and 14 hours sleep a [...]
