Motherhood in Australia

Though most women have children as a goal in their life plan, many choose different ways of integrating them into their day-to-day living. What are the real reasons behind choosing what a Mum does with her time during the early child bearing and rearing years?

Though most women have children as a goal in their life plan, many choose different ways of integrating them into their day-to-day living.

Each mum approaches raising their kids with a different methodology. Some have chosen to resume work full time because they love their work; others have been forced to for financial reasons. Some chose to be stay-at-home mums and love it; others spend half their week pulling their hair out, furiously searching for their lost sanity.

What are the real reasons behind choosing what a Mum does with her time during the early child bearing and rearing years?

Complete our short survey "Myths & Facts of Maternity" and tell us about your experience.

RELATED LINKS

• "Motherhood for Baby Boomers: Mums learning from Mums" Survey
• "Paid maternity leave is not a capricious feminist whim" – by Tamara Plakalo
• “What to make of the stay-at-home Dad?” – By Alison Gordon  
• "What to expect from maternity leave" – by Catherine Fritz-Kalish
• “A big disappointment” – by Alison Gordon
• "What about Dad?" – by Jeanne-Vida Douglas
• "A mother's work is never done" – by Allison Tait, ninemsn.com
• "Happy in care: it's in the hormones" – by Adele Horin, SMH
• "Bosses treating maternity rights as optional: study" – by Sherrill Nixon, SMH