Haley Swenson asks just what it is we are so afraid of when it comes to letting educators help us raise our children.

In Australia, nearly 30 percent of city residents live in childcare deserts, despite cities enjoying the best access to childcare.

Keeping a household running isn’t just about getting the chores done and making sure the needs of everyone in your family is taken care of, like ticking items off a to-do list. There’s much more that goes on behind the scenes.

Employment data shows when it came to re-entering the workforce after lockdown, women outpaced men in picking up jobs. And yet…

The COVID pandemic has made the very private issue of the domestic division of labour – the way housework and childcare are divided – a very public issue.

This research offers timely, nuanced insights into key mechanisms driving disparities of gender and class for parents in the COVID-19 pandemic.

When combined with perfectionism and having people-pleaser tendencies, the impacts on a woman's health, quality of life and career can be disastrous. But there are ways to turn this around.

While the questions on the census might not be interesting, the data collected is so interesting — important for future funding, infrastructure creation, housing, education and employment.

Help from young grandparents in childcare and housework has cushioned the impact of gender inequalities for many working women. But as they age, the burden of care is likely to return for women.