When I think about the good old days of my childhood, images of playing outside for hours on end and begging my parents to stay outside for an extra half hour, come to mind. Nowadays, technology does play more of a significant role in our children’s everyday lives, making their experiences different to ours. But…
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Parental burnout; Six ways to talk your way to a happier you in lockdown no.3
Many parents are undoubtedly feeling increased stress and exhaustion due to the intense pressure of trying to home-school and take care of their children, whilst maintaining a full-time job, keeping their relationships intact and their home in a modest state. Psychologists have likened the impact on parents to a state of burnout with commonly reported…
Parents dedicate more than two working days* extra a month to school routine as a direct result of the Coronavirus pandemic
Did you know that nearly half (47%) of parents feel overwhelmed due to managing new back-to-school routine? Were you aware that 35% of parents admit to being more anxious about returning to school than their child(ren). Are you one of them? A quarter of parents have no coping strategies in place to help look after their…
Half term survival guide for self-employed Parents, a guest post by Laura Duggal
It looms on the horizon and pokes at you endlessly for weeks. You debate in your mind what to do about it. You weigh up the pros and cons, do your online research, ask others and you still feel confused, guilty, torn. February half term …duh, duh, duuuuuuuh! It’s coming…. So, what are you going…
Those 3 words, “Don’t worry but..”
It’s every parents nightmare. You are on a client call and see those three fateful words pop up on your phone, “don’t worry but..” and they are from your childcare provider…. Well that’s exactly what happened to me yesterday. I was on a video call with a client and I saw a text pop up….
#ShareBaby demands that UK PLC stops defining how we should parent
Every so often you get to combine your passion project with your day job. And that is exactly what I will be doing today when we launch an exciting new campaign for one of our clients called #ShareBaby. So let me introduce you to #ShareBaby, an initiative very close to my heart. It’s the brainchild…
Your six point checklist for returning to work
A guest post, by Laura Duggal, a career coach for mums It can be absolutely terrifying returning to work after a career break or maternity leave. That place you used to saunter into with coffee in hand, ease into your comfy chair and smile at all the faces you knew so well. But now you’ve…
“Why I Didn’t Want to Share Parental Leave with My Wife”… a guest post from Paul Sweeney
It was a few months into my wife’s maternity leave before she looked at me and asked: – “Do you want to share the leave?”. It wasn’t something I’d really considered. The blur of two weeks paternity leave post-birth aside, I was of the opinion the extended leave rightfully belonged to her. An opportunity for…
“Being a parent teaches ruthless efficiency” – a skill that is invaluable in the workplace
Taking time off work when you become a parent is an inevitability, but why should it have to affect your career negatively? As I drove along this morning into work I listened to an episode of the Parenthood podcast and found myself agreeing out loud with much of the sentiment. In this specific episode (8th…
A Pregnancy Pause or career suicide?
When I was on maternity leave (not all that long ago) I came across a US campaign called The Pregnancy Pause. I had heard of this term before whilst speaking to one of my clients about maternity leave rights, but didn’t know it was an actual movement. In a nutshell, it’s a campaign to help new mums explain their baby induced hiatus to prospective employers. The main crux of…
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