When tragedy struck, I learned how a village truly works
There is a long list of great acts of kindness shown to us during a terrible time – but for some reason I will never forget the roses.
Virginia Tapscott
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Flat-fee childcare won’t help families who are struggling
Ensuring the most disadvantaged children can actually access care will be the real test.
Smartphone, stupid social media: why I’m for the ban
Every day we see adults unable to handle social media. It’s a mystery to me why people would think it’s a good idea for kids.
Why being a parent is good for your character
One of the most compelling reasons for parenthood in an increasingly narcissistic age of instant gratification is that it forces most of us to be better people.
What’s wrong with this picture?
I’ve been called a tradwife in wholesale attempts to undermine my ideas, identity and character as a stay-at-home mum. Calculating feminists are weaponising it as a codeword for abuse.
Big families are the best way to boost the population
If Jim Chalmers wants more families to have more babies, he must make clear the demographic complexities at play. This includes bringing the public with him.
Understanding the empathy deficit
It’s not an excuse, but violence in adults can often be traced back to a lack of nurture as babies and toddlers.
Gender equal — except for single-income families
When Daniel Rotham* applied for paid parental leave in the months before his third child was born, he expected to get it.
Is the explosion of diagnosed ‘disorders’ helping kids, or hurting them?
At a busy playground on any given day there is likely to be a parent explaining a child’s behaviour with a diagnosis. Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Anxiety, Sensory Processing Disorder, Autism or ADHD, to name just a few.
Women win culture war on the home front
Irish voters delivered an emphatic rejection of gender-neutral phrasing that erases motherhood. But this was not just a matter of constitutional semantics.
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