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Stay at home mums are not ‘economically inactive’!

Brace yourselves: this is going to be a ranty one. Heard the one about the Home Sectetary who reckons 'economically [...]

By |February 24th, 2020|Parenting|9 Comments

The REAL reason we don’t want to be stay-at-home mums

One in 11. That’s how many UK mothers are now stay-at-home mums according to the latest figures from the Office [...]

By |December 15th, 2017|Parenting|2 Comments

If mums went on strike…

Our binmen have gone on strike. It’s only day two and the wheelie bins are already overflowing, and it’s only a matter of time before detritus starts spilling out too. I suppose the binmen (sorry, waste management and disposal technicians – I know, me too), who are facing a pay cut, have no choice but to down tools; theirs is the sort of job that no-one notices gets done until it doesn’t. Like coastguards who drive up and down seafronts every morning checking the life rings haven’t been carted off by someone who’s had one too many. Or mums who wipe drips of food from the kickboards under the kitchen cupboards and clean out the toilet brush holder. […]

By |June 12th, 2013|Family life, News, Work life|0 Comments