The beautiful game of fatherhood
As lockdowns place an increasing childcare burden on women, Emma Davies writes about the lack of role models…
more ›My hidden heritage
Martha Deiros Collado on discovering as an adult that she was mixed race, and how she is determined…
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Zara Oteng writes a letter to her two young daughters to mark Black History Month My dear daughters,…
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Zara Oteng writes about the pain of family estrangement and the road to independence
more ›Baby brains
The mental health of babies is too easily overlooked, writes Sally Hogg of the Parent Infant Foundation, especially…
more ›Talking to kids about racism
Paula Rhone-Adrien on how to tackle one of the most difficult parenting questions Racism may just not be…
more ›The silence was deafening
Jade Sullivan on George Floyd, racism, why a murder in America is affecting black people worldwide and why…
more ›Work to death
The focus of Flex Appeal – a campaign to push for flexible working for all in a bid…
more ›Going Dutch
Amsterdam daily Het Parool recently ran a feature on flex appeal, and how we’re trying to bring a little Dutch touch to working lives in the UK. Here’s the translation…
more ›Flex Appeal: the next stage
With funding secured for a major new piece of work, Matt wanted to get down in pixels exactly…
more ›Woman’s Hour interview
To hear our interview on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour (and Matt getting quizzed by Jane Garvey about…
more ›Flex Appeal: Raising Disabled Kids
Flexible working is not just for parents, it’s for people. People with mental health issues, people with caring…
more ›Where’s My Happy Ending: tour dates
We’re gadding about the place to talk about our new book, Where’s My Happy Ending? Happily Ever After…
more ›Flex Appeal: Shift Work
On 17 October last year, I chaired a table on flexible working and zero hour contracts at The…
more ›My Life as a War Child
Vesna Gudgin shares her experience of a childhood in the former Yugoslavia as it slipped in to war…
more ›Shy about retiring
AD| After the gender pay gap comes the pension pay gap, with women retiring on average with £78,000…
more ›Pupil power
With school cuts and early closures across the country, 16-year-old student Aliyah York was prompted to do something….
more ›The thoughts we don’t talk about
Do your daydreams shock you? You are not alone, explains psychotherapist Anna Mathur… I could yank this steering…
more ›AD | When I get older
This is a paid partnership with Scottish Widows. The word ‘pension’ conjures up images of Zimmer frames, blue…
more ›Beauty is in the eye
*First published by Soho House group*. Author of Sunday Times Bestselling book Parenting The Shit Out of Life…
more ›AD | No age limit
This blog post is an advertisement in association with EDF Energy and Howz. My mum went grey last…
more ›Flex Appeal: ADHD
Flexible working is not about parents, it’s about people. People with needs that don’t fit into a 9-5…
more ›Sleep like a baby
Whoever came up with the phrase ‘I slept like a baby’ never had a baby. That person cannot…
more ›Mini (mini) break
The thought of bringing a weaning toddler into 5-star plush luxury realms is enough to ignite a bead-on….
more ›A clean sweep
I remember the first passive aggressive muttering about my tidiness. We’d been together for three weeks and Matt…
more ›Flex Appeal: Zero Hours
Writer Lourdes Walsh shares her initial skepticism about #flexappeal My first impression of Flex Appeal – a kaleidoscopic…
more ›Flex Appeal: Disability
Flexible working is not solely for parents, it’s not something only for ‘mummies that want to see more…
more ›Specs appeal
Back in the day, when I was a youth, I would never even have considered edging into a…
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