What do you want to do job-wise and how will it fit around family life? Having children is a whirlwind, stirring up all sorts of thoughts and emotions amid the total exhaustion. Often you can go around and around in your mind for years the whole issue of finding a way of working that works […] The post Navigating the career change storm appeared first on workingmums.co.uk ..read more

One full week of school completed. Yay! Items added to the ‘family’ calendar (which only I seem to check): 32. What? How is so much going on already? We’ve barely got started yet. But, with guitar lessons, football training, work meetings and Son#1 now undertaking Further Maths this year ‘just for fun’, there is suddenly […] The post And so the onslaught begins…. appeared first on workingmums.co.uk ..read more

Yesterday morning I got an email from my former university. Ping! It asked me to take part in a survey about AI and journalism. Despite the fact that it assumed I was working for the kind of regular newsroom I have not been in for years, I decided to take part. It was an interesting […] The post Why we need to get better at using AI at work appeared first on workingmums.co.uk ..read more

How many of us are working after picking up kids from school and feeling guilty that they are spending way too long on screens? Guilt about children’s screen time is definitely an issue for me and there is rarely a week that passes that I don’t have a ‘conversation’ with my son about wellbeing and […] The post Parent guilt source no.104: Screen time appeared first on workingmums.co.uk ..read more

Childcare – access to it and affordability – have been standard barriers to work or to working more hours for working parents for years. It’s a problem that, despite some investment, has not been solved and in many areas things seem to be going backwards. A report last week showed almost a third of people […] The post Childcare inequality and the need for a joined-up vision appeared first on workingmums.co.uk ..read more

There’s a lot around of late about AI and whether it is a good or a bad thing for business/employees. The main conclusion I have come to is that it depends. It depends on how employers use it, how employees are encouraged to use it, how they are trained to make the most use of […] The post Is AI a good or a bad thing for workers? It depends… appeared first on workingmums.co.uk ..read more

Now that back to school has happened we are anticipating back to university or off to university in our house. Daughter three is starting university later this month. She’s a bit nervous about it all. She was up visiting her campus this week with her sister who is studying in the same city. This latter […] The post Back to uni appeared first on workingmums.co.uk ..read more

Last week was the trial run. Two days back at school and only son was already complaining of acute exhaustion and falling asleep at both ends of the school run. This week is going to be a bit of a shock to the system. The thing is he had been trying to get up earlier […] The post First full week back appeared first on workingmums.co.uk ..read more

As with every year, I waved the children off to school this week feeling excited for their year ahead, but also a little sad that they are out there again in the world without me, needing less and less of me with every passing year. I am very sentimental, especially about our children, and have […] The post From baby to BFG appeared first on workingmums.co.uk ..read more

There are lots of different organisations that can help you if your child dies. I’ve tried a few. The best one for me has been Roadpeace, a charity set up to help those who have suffered a road death. They have a very proactive, non-judgemental approach and understand all the ramifications of sudden road death […] The post Two mums talking: after road death appeared first on workingmums.co.uk ..read more