Library

Welcome to our Library - a rich bank of online content updated weekly. Browse our collection of Guides and Expert Articles, listen to our Podcast series discussing views and perspectives from both experts and those with lived experience, and our popular Blog series where members share their experiences of balancing work and home.

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Podcasts

Adoption

Rachel Addis from PWC talks about how she became mother to her two adopted children, including...

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Blog

Ruth's blog: A day in the life from 2020…

I am not new to home working, but COVID-19 has brought the experience to another level to my c...

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Blog

Maggie's blog: And they’re back... but for how long?

Along with many parents around the country it was with a huge sigh of relief that we waved our...

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Blog

Marion's blog: Bringing back play

At the start of lockdown, my husband bought a gaming PC. I couldn't work out why he wanted...

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Podcasts

Social Media Risks for Children - Sexting

Cityparents' Anna Richards talks to Sandra Paul and Áine Kervick from Kingsley Napl...

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Blog

Chrissy's blog: Working from home

The odd day working from home can feel like a treat, but working from home for a prolonged per...

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Blog

Caroline M's blog: I should know better

I’ve been fortunate to work for a company that has made huge strides in the last fe...

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Blog

Ally's blog: The squidgy bit

There was a period just after my second maternity leave when I was going through a redundancy ...

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Blog

Caroline P's blog: Division of Labour

Since our au pair left us at the beginning of lockdown, my partner and I have tried hard to sh...

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Blog

Barbara's blog: Skirtgate

Son and daughter – 13 and 14 respectively – went back to school on 4 September, af...

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Blog

Lucy's blog: Getting creative with never-ending homeschooling

So, I don’t know how the ‘back to school’ has gone for you but for us, my da...

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Blog

Alison's blog: Blended family and new routines

September is for me the time to make “new years resolutions”, the time to get real...

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Blog

Jonathan's blog: Prem Pt 3 - How parents work with children in hospital

Trigger warning: premature birth  Our daughter Isabella was born in May 2019. She ...

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Blog

Angel's blog: Schools are open– work/life balance in action

My eldest started Reception at school this month and I promised myself I wasn’t going to...

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Blog

Dolly's blog: Who comes first?

The children come first.  Don’t they?  Isn’t that just…a fact? I ...

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Blog

Linda's blog: Time to be proactive

When I wrote my last blog it was May and we were literally on our knees.  I can’t b...

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Blog

Jon's Blog : Happily Ever After?

How's your summer been so far?  I'm guessing it's not been quite like you ant...

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Blog

Kemi's blog: Finding joy in the simple things

When I got the alert about my blog submission this week, I was very unsure about what to write...

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Blog

Katie's blog: Still embracing it!

I wrote my last blog for WorkLife Central back in April at the start of lockdown. At the time ...

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Podcasts

Solo Motherhood

In the latest episode of Cityparents Talk, we talk to Mel Johnson from The Stork and I  ...

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Blog

Addy's blog: Climb every mountain

I’ve been mulling over what to write in this blog for over a week now. Do you want to he...

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Blog

Caroline P's blog: Lockdown life

I started lockdown feeling really enthusiastic. I saw it as a challenge, and an opportunity. I...

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Blog

Ally's blog: School’s out - now what?

Has anyone else been filled with terror at the prospect of the school summer holidays?  I...

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Blog

Barbara's blog: Please don’t fill my tent’s smoke hole…

Working at the dining table in an open plan house means I have an uninterrupted view of the ga...

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