It’s time to face facts, childcare isn’t improving our quality of life
The conditions children need to thrive are impossible to synthesise in the sanitised confines of formal care.
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Families know full well childcare isn’t working
Leading hardworking families to believe that daycare is the only way to have a family and live in relative financial security is economic coercion.
‘I am being shamed for choosing to stay at home with my kids’
“I care for my own kids, so why am I made to feel like a freak?”
I care for my own kids, so why am I made to feel like a freak?
The government wants me to get a ‘real job’. But I don’t want gender equality if it is simply a process of erasing everything that is inherently female.
I’m a young, ambitious woman choosing kids over work
“My position as a mother is steadily being eroded by society. I hope my kids understand that I tried to give them my time, rather than more things.”
Why a career is no match for motherhood
This isn’t a popular thing to be talking about, but admitting that mothers are optimally positioned to become primary caregivers is not reinforcing harmful gender stereotypes.
‘Look at the truth of what is happening in your homes’
When it comes to sexual abuse, we all must find the courage to see things in ourselves or our families that we don’t like or that we are ashamed of.
Mysterious clue from the girl with a halo
Did beautiful, brilliant vet Alexandra Tapp mean to end her life in a lonely motel room? Her sister Virginia is searching for the answer – and there’s a mysterious clue in one of Alex’s last actions. NEW EPISODE of My Sister’s Secrets is live now.
We had sex, but I’m not a rapist: text
The family member who sexually assaulted Alex Tapp confessed to having extramarital sex with her – but claimed it was consensual. A bombshell in today’s episode of My Sister’s Secrets.
Ridiculous silence that cost me my family
As episode two of new podcast My Sister’s Secrets is released, journalist Virginia Tapscott reveals the depth of rejection and fury she has faced from some members of her own family.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/virginia-tapscott/page/4