Motherload

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This start-up is offering free childcare and redefining what real support looks like

Imagine if your employer paid for your childcare: for a lucky few, now they do. CAKES Body has…

By Dominique McMullan

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Beyond Flexible: Mother Pukka’s call for an ‘Inclusive’ work revolution

On The Motherload podcast, Anna Whitehouse explains why ‘Inclusive Working’ more accurately describes the fight for ‘Flexible Working’,…

By Dominique McMullan

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How working mothers are changing the workplace

Mothers are shaping our workplace environments in a myriad of ways from fighting for flexible working conditions to…

By Edaein OConnell

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The Motherload: ‘The average mother works the equivalent of two and a half full-time jobs’

The last wave of feminism stopped at marriage and employment and forgot to sort out motherhood. Recently, I…

By Dominique McMullan

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‘I sometimes wonder what my life would be like if I didn’t have kids’

It's the ultimate taboo; the parents who regret having children. Amanda Cassidy speaks to those who, *whisper it*…

By Amanda Cassidy

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The battle for our kid’s attention in the digital age

“Content like shorts and reels may be impacting children's ability to focus on one thing for longer periods…

By Rebekah Rainey

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What actually consitutes self-care when you’re a mother

Self-care is all very well in theory but what about when there are tiny humans, quite literally, crawling…

By Sophie White

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Is it possible to navigate tween moodiness without completely losing your mind?

The truth about raising your tween."Okaaaaaaay, fineeee," she shouts and stamps off out the door with a flourish…

By Amanda Cassidy

Kin keeping

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Kin keeping? Excuse me while I scream into a pillow

Kin keeping is the new trendy word (actually coined in the 80s) for the ‘invisible load’ or the…

By Dominique McMullan

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‘Before having a baby, I was a woman who knew her children would be screen-free’

Dominique McMullan was determined her infant's life would be screen-free, but she soon discovered she also wanted her…

By Dominique McMullan

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Parental burnout: ‘I’m just so tired of barely holding things together’

Exhausted parents open up to Amanda Cassidy. I'm thinking it's a leftover dinner night. I'm thinking about the…

By Amanda Cassidy

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The best parenting advice from grandmothers to their grown up children

There is wisdom in experience - which is why I never take for granted the things my own…

By Amanda Cassidy