It's been over seven years since I was last a stay-at-home Mum. When you are chained to an office, knee-deep in work deadlines and fighting off texts from your children about the latest crisis - there's no food in the house - I missed the bus - I forgot my art project - you tend to get a rosy glow about being at home. You remember the flexibility, … [Read more...]
Woman and Choices
The whole "can women have it all" debate is up and running again. Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Julie Bishop, stated in an interview this weekend that women can't have it all. "I'm in the Anne-Marie Slaughter school - women can't have it all. They can have plenty of choices, but at the end of the day, they choose something which means they … [Read more...]
Letter to Marissa Mayer
Dear Marissa, Congratulations on your new job as CEO of Yahoo. I know it was a real coup securing the job when you were six months pregnant and it is fantastic that Yahoo were willing to see past the baby bump and value the talent and skill of the woman. I want to jump up and down and celebrate the equality of the situation, but I'm … [Read more...]
Working Life
As usual my disorganised approach to life has come back to bite me in the bum. HUGE day yesterday with a 7.45am meeting with the Principal of the High School where Princess Child will be going next year. The child is a little anxious about the idea of going to high school so I reassure her with the usual platitudes of how great it will be to meet … [Read more...]
Work or Stay at Home An Old and Ugly Debate
The age-old debate of whether to work or stay at home has reared its ugly head again thanks to American politics. Hilary Rosen, a Democratic strategist, commented that Anne Romney, wife of a GOP presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, was not in a position to give her husband economic advice on the plight of women because she had "never worked a day … [Read more...]
Dads at Home
It seems we've come a long way in a single generation. Dads now play a much bigger role in their children's day-to-day lives than they did a few decades ago. Yet it is still unusual for men to accept the role of fulltime stay-at-home parent. Research carried out in 2010 by the Australian Institute of Family Studies identified only 7 per cent of … [Read more...]
Take The Kids To Work Day
Once upon a time my children and I lived a completely intertwined life. I worked from home and they saw first hand exactly what "mummy's job" involved. As they grew older and went off to school we still kept close, I was at the school doing maths groups and reading time. Our lives were glued together. Then they got older. I went back to a … [Read more...]
Why Blog?
Someone asked me the other day why you would bother to start a blog? … [Read more...]
I Don’t Meet Your Selection Criteria Because I’ve Been Busy Having A Life
Returning to the workforce after a ten year absence was an eye-opener. Technology had moved above and beyond anything a mere mortal could have imagined back in 1997. The internet was in constant use in every office in the country, "I'll google it" a common refrain. How did we ever create radio programs without the instant research tool at our … [Read more...]
