by WAHM | Sep 12, 2016 | Funny Stuff, Parenting
There’s a lot of press about yummy mummies, slummy mummies, attachment parents, Alpha parents – all labels and stereotypes which are a bit silly and flippant and all with an undercurrent of divide and conquer about them. I’m a different kind of parent. My kind...
by WAHM | Aug 7, 2016 | Parenting
Families Magazine – Gold Coast is an A4 glossy magazine printed every 2 months and distributed in places where families are on the Gold Coast, Byron and Tweed Shires. Work At Home Mums is honoured to appear in a special feature on page 4. Families Magazine Brisbane...
by WAHM | Aug 1, 2016 | Career Coach, Home and Lifestyle, Parenting
Agree to Disagree – It’s OK to Have Your Own Opinion Some people are naturally more prone to confidently stating their opinion to the world. Others tend to hide behind the mask of agreement, and rarely contradict anything that is said by someone else....
by WAHM | Jul 28, 2016 | Parenting
The exact minute you become a parent is when your life totally changes forever. I would not swap it for quids. Yes, there will be tough times and loads of sacrifice, but it is so worth every little moment, would you agree? The beautiful, precious and sweet moments far...
by WAHM | Jul 21, 2016 | Kids, Parenting
Back in the Day…..“It’ll be a breeze,” I thought when I was planning my child’s birthday parties. The first few years were easy. I’d stuck to the “cake with family” formula, reasoning that my child wouldn’t care as long as there was sugar and presents. “I make a...
by WAHM | Jun 16, 2016 | Parenting
I have written about guilt before, and this is probably somewhat of an extension of that. Asking for help used to be something only men weren’t very good at: help broadly, but more specifically, directions of course. But now, I think the disease has spread. I cannot,...
by WAHM | Jun 16, 2016 | Parenting
When I first became a parent I “liked” a whole heap of parenting pages on Facebook, along with signing up to a number of forums and becoming obsessed with TV programs about childbirth. Ten years, one kid later and I’ve unliked or hidden many of those Facebook pages....
by WAHM | Jun 4, 2016 | Parenting
Amanda Dunn, The Conversation; Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation, and Fron Jackson-Webb, The Conversation Our politicians talk a lot about “families”, but what do they really mean when they use this term? What does a modern Australian family look like and how does it...
by WAHM | Jun 3, 2016 | Parenting
From tiger to free-range parents – what research says about pros and cons of popular parenting styles Rebecca English, Queensland University of Technology Our politicians talk a lot about “families”, but what do they really mean when they use this term? What does a...
by WAHM | May 13, 2016 | Parenting
IMAGE: SIMILAC A new short documentary created by the company features scenes with seven new moms, each trying to make the right decisions for themselves and their babies We might not admit it, but we’ve all judged a mom at least once in our lives. We’ve...
