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A little frustrating…
I have to say, recently the debate about stay at home mums vs working mums; and who works the hardest has reared it’s ugly head again. Firstly, I feel it’s completely unfair to compartmentalise that…
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Not everyone is lucky enough to work at RedBalloon
I have a one and a half year old little girl and am also lucky enough to work at RedBalloon. RedBalloon is truly the one and only organisation I have worked for that fully and…
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It’s the same old question….
Most nights I feel like a broken record…. “Ok, who is doing the drop off and pick up and have you paid kindy?” It is the same conversation every night! We have to juggle meeting…
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The hardest years
Sarah and I work in the arts industry as freelancers, and Sarah was also beginning a back-up career in workplace training. We lived in St Kilda and had a great childcare run by the council.…
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It’s complicated!
I have three kids in three places! One at school who gets picked up by a nanny twice a week and his grand-mother once a week (and me, mum, the other 2 days). The two…
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Make Care Fair
I run DIAL-AN-ANGEL. We have just celebrated our 45th Anniversary in business. We have been attempting to get the Government to give our clients choice and provide a rebate for in home professional childcare, disability…
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No room at the inn(s)
My wife and I have both lived in Australia for a decade now and became citiens a couple of years ago. We had a little boy last November and (despite warnings from friends who had…
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Men speak up too…
This comment appeared recently on the NaomiSimson.com post – Men add your voice to the conversation …. what do you think? What are your ideas on how we can evolve the way we support growing…
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Where the idea came from.
Some months ago I was chatting with my friend Margie Hartley and she shared some insights into why there are not more women in senior roles in Australia. Marg facilitates women’s resilience programs and is…