As I stood in the kitchen chopping up veggies for the soup I was making to ease my three-year-old son’s croup, I saw a figure flash past the back door. My first thought was, “oh, my husband must have come home early to take over sick child duties”. But it wasn’t my...
Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on this critical Strategy for South Australia. I am glad to see a focus on public policy that supports active transport in Adelaide and beyond. I have written about my own experience of cycling with my children in...
In this blog, I interview dads who had access to paid parental leave through their workplace. I find that they all benefited from access to leave that allowed them time to settle into their role as a new parent. In countries like Sweden, dads have access to extended...
A Swedish mother’s experience of world leading parenting policy in practice. Image – A black and white photograph of six students at the University of Uppsala wearing the traditional student cap. Mothering and study were not compatible in 1911....
This discussion was recorded with the support of UniSA Business on Wednesday 3 November 2021 on Kaurna Country. UniSA Emeritus Professor Barbara Pocock and former UniSA researcher Pip Williams in conversation with The Parenthood Executive Director Georgie Dent. In...
A Manifesto. I first wrote this piece in April 2021, after attending the March for Justice and generally being fed up with the way women and mothers are treated in Australia. I looked for a place to have it published and didn’t find one, and so the idea of MGM was...
