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Mar 19, 2024 10:52am

By Anna Cusack

Under Motherhood, Parenting, Pandemic, self employed, feminism, lockdown, Partners, Pregnancy & Career

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Flu season, carers' leave and the career stumbling block we don't speak about

This article was first published elsewhere in June 2023.

No matter how big or small, every business owner sometimes gets the urge to throw it all into the bin and get a “normal” job. While this happens only occasionally for me, I recently had the unsettling revelation that this option isn’t available to me right now. Not because of some virtuous reason of “serving families” or “doing my life’s work” but, depressingly, because my kids and I are sick too often for me to hold down a…

Pandemic Motherhood Getting You Down? It's Not Just You.

“Dad worked such long hours... how did you do it alone for so long?”

Mum tilted her head and thought a while.

“We had an excursion each day. We did the groceries or met someone at a park, went to playgroup and swimming. And we had excellent neighbours.”

I thought of the weeks and months we’ve spent staying home. The parks we visit early before the crowds. Play dates postponed for the slightest of sniffles. The groceries done by click and collect because babies don’t wear m…

Lockdown Was Easier Than This

At the risk of sounding like an ungrateful cow... lockdown was easier than this.

Not necessarily better, but definitely easier.

I know I’m in the acute minority for whom this is the case, how beyond fortunate I am, how this might sound hugely selfish or plain ridiculous to some, but it’s true for me.

During lockdown, my partner was working from home on reasonably flexible hours.

For me as a stay-home, work-in-pockets-of-time parent, those few months of lockdown were…

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Flu season, carers' leave and the career stumbling block we don't speak about

Pandemic Motherhood Getting You Down? It's Not Just You.

Lockdown Was Easier Than This

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