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Here comes the university with a £50k job guarantee — for nannies
21+ hour, 33+ min ago (725+ words) After 134 years of training the world's most famous nannies, Norland College is poised to become a university from September " and it will have a unique selling point. While today's graduates are all too familiar with job rejections and poorly paid…...
My sons’ generation think that grandparents are there to help
2+ week, 6+ day ago (73+ words) My sons" generation think that grandparents are there to help'The Times My sons" generation think that grandparents are there to help Ever feel like you"re turning into your parents? In the first of a new series, Julia Donaldson reflects…...
The pension loophole every mother needs to know
2+ mon, 10+ hour ago (667+ words) Career breaks are one of the biggest contributors to the gender pension gap, but there is a little-known loophole that could help mothers to mitigate some of the damage. It means pregnant women who increase their contributions before going on…...
How becoming a stepmother myself has made me appreciate mine
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (221+ words) My biological parents divorced when I was four, and my father later had the audacity to remarry. Her name was Helen and, reader, I hated her. Fast forward 20 years or so, and I met another woman. Her name was Bertie…...
The great return to the office will trample over working parents
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (979+ words) Across the UK, companies are tightening expectations for office attendance, reframing hybrid work with clearer minimums and fewer exceptions. Three days in the office is now the norm rather than a suggestion, and five-day mandates are becoming more common. Yet…...
‘It takes a village to bring up a child, so we built our own’
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (678+ words) Feeling isolated after their daughter's birth, Vanessa Rio and Tom Tester found that life in Cambridgeshire lacked the community support they craved. Their solution was radical " they moved to the Philippines and created their own village, co-parenting within an extended…...
That GP isn’t the only woman to fib about childcare. I did it too
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (756+ words) Dr Helen Eisenhauer, a part-time Nottingham GP, invented two face-to-face appointments at the end of her working day to avoid being late for picking up her children from their after-school club at 6pm. She's now been suspended by a medical tribunal…...
How much one year of Labour has cost you
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (1240+ words) Economists are predicting tax rises in the autumn budget, and restrictions on the amount that you can save tax-free into a cash Isa are also said to be on the cards. So, after 365 days, are you better off under this…...
Fewer than half of UK children do any housework, survey reveals
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (1179+ words) Fewer than half of UK children under 15 help with household chores, a landmark survey has found. The research, conducted by Parentkind and based on responses from almost 6,000 parents of children aged 4 to 18 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, found…...
We are not your slaves, Spanish grandparents tell their children
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (801+ words) Every morning, an army of grandparents emerges onto the streets of central Madrid's Arganzuela residential district. Pushing babies in prams, toddlers in buggies or helping preschoolers manoeuvre on scooters and bicycles, these pensioners are relied upon to take care of…...