Who earns the money? Who looks after the baby? Who cleans the kitchen? And how do we cope with all of this without sleep and without falling out with each other? Get in the conversation here, in the book and on Facebook and Twitter - and most importantly around your kitchen table.

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Deidre Sanders, Agony Aunt for The Sun

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I want there to be a new debate about how mums and dads work together

May 6, 2010

Two thirds of parents say their relationship gets worse after a baby is born. Mothers report extreme pressure after a baby is born – fears about being seen as a bad mother, guilt, loss of identity; more than 10% of mothers suffer from post-natal depression – an epidemic. Two thirds of mothers and fathers think [...]

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Should mothers feel guilty about using a childminder?

May 5, 2010

I noticed this week a Facebook discussion hosted by www.parenting.com (actually a website for mums, rather than both parents). There was a question by a mother that distressed me: “I’m putting my child into someone else’s care. He is utterly defenseless. He will be vulnerable for years to come. How do I know what the [...]

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The accidental author

March 4, 2010

I wrote a book. Then I published it. I wasn’t planning either! First the guy I asked to write it pulled out. Then I fell out with the first designer because I wanted something better. Then I decided to sell the book on-line. And hey presto, not only did I have a publishing company by [...]

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