Working parents can feel they have it tough. They’re supposed to strive to have it all – a successful career and a thriving family life – but all too often, what that really means is working as if they have no children, and parenting as if they have no job.
From finding affordable childcare to functioning on broken sleep, combining work with bringing up children comes with a whole host of challenges. And for many mums, on whom the burdens of juggling work and parenthood still disproportionately fall, it can feel as if the odds are stacked against them.