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Dolly's blog: The Night Shift

It's often said that working mothers might leave the office earlier but then log on from h...

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Sarah's blog: Why every firm needs parents

I have changed a lot over the past nine years. In that time, I have gone through three pregna...

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Citydad's blog: Shared Parental Leave - A gift for...

While focusing on getting everything sorted for Christmas over the last month or so, as wel...

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Louisa's blog: Can there be another way?

I am not a lawyer, though I aspired to be one in my early teens until a careers-advice se...

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Dolly's blog: Homework

Is homework really worth it and what, actually, does it demonstrate? My kids are 8, 7 and...

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Tom's blog: Degrees of exhaustion

I read an article in the Evening Standard last week about Karen Blackett, who's an inspira...

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Ellen's blog: Life Changing

In October I took the decision to make a big decision; I left my job and decided to give mysel...

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James' blog: Less is more

I recently returned to work after a summer of bliss spent looking after my young daughter. &n...

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Esther's blog: Citymothers and Cityfathers Mentor...

Louisa and I decided I should jump the queue and blog out of turn to draw your attention to th...

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Anthony's blog: Using some flex

"Our household is 12 months into an experiment which took us 2 years (or more) to underta...

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Sarah's blog: Pace of Life

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a whil...

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Citydad's blog: 10 reasons why...

Ten reasons why dads think they can't take time off to look after their kids (and ten reas...

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Esther's blog: Positive parenting, the next gene...

Today I'm going to blog on three apparently unrelated things which are actually interconne...

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Tom's blog: The F word...

I started to get itchy feet the other day and began looking at other jobs. Unsurprisingly, the...

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Ellen's blog: Starting School

My oldest son has started school! I thought I would share with you some crucial lessons learn...

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James's blog: The Great British Bake Off

Everyone in our family is talking about it. The cupboards in our kitchen are stocked wit...

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Dolly's Blog: In search of the simple life

Back to school. New term resolutions abound and holiday memories sustain us. We wra...

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Louisa's blog: Busy busy..

The summer holidays certainly feel like a long time ago, with a busy autumn now in full swing....

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Jennifer's blog: Statutory flexibility

After lengthy and serious reflection, I finally had a discussion about flexible working option...

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Citydad's blog: Part-timer?

After four months on paternity leave, the thought of having to go back to work ...

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Esther's blog: Playing the long game in the city

I recently had the delightful experience of meeting up some old friends, all women who’d...

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Tom's blog: Milestones...

This month is an important milestone in our house. When our first child turned two, we had our...

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Ellen's Blog: Going out

I must share with you my interesting experience with a mid-week night out Does this sound...

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James's Blog: The Toughest Job

"I’m three months into a four-month sabbatical during which I have been looking af...

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