An article I wrote for SBS on Mum’s carpet. Mum sent me a link to an article entitled, ‘The science is in: wearing shoes inside your home is just plain gross.’ There you have it, Mum wrote. Vindication. For as long as I can remember, the love of Mum’s life has been her carpet […]
Here’s something I wrote for The Guardian on school lunches. Thank you to everyone who told me what they ate. My daughter has just started prep and, in addition to the herculean task of getting her out the door five mornings a week, we have to pack a lunch. It’s a complex business. Nuts are […]
Here’s something I wrote for The Guardian on working from my parents’ home. “What do you like on your pancakes?” Mum asks. It’s our first day working from Mum’s house and she’s made morning tea. My kids’ preferred condiment is strawberry jam, and Mum’s face drops: “We’ve got none,” she says. In my peripheral vision, […]
Ho ho ho. Here’s something I wrote for The Age on the Christmas spirit. May you all have a wonderful festive period! I was going to say that Christmas has crept up on me, but actually this year it feels more like an ambush and I feel a little resentful. Most of my grinchiness is […]
Working with kids during the pandemic has been challenging (I may never actually recover), but the flexibility has been brilliant. Something I wrote for The Age. * The debate about how the world of work can realistically accommodate mothers juggling childcare and careers is not new. But as Victoria reaches its 90 per cent vaccination […]
Hello. I’ve just turned 40 and thought it would be appropriate to write about grey hair. Here’s something I wrote for SBS. *** I was round Mother’s for a family dinner with various aunts, cousins and nephews. Ah, home sweet home, the one place you can be yourself and let your hair – “Oh!” Mother […]
Hello! Here’s something I wrote for SBS on being a failed tiger cub. 🐅 I’m a failed tiger cub. I was the kind of child that would have given infamous Tiger Mom, Amy Chua, heart palpitations. Most of us are familiar with the Tiger Mother’s rigorous parenting style, where academic and musical achievement is forced on […]
Hello, many of you are now working from home. Here’s something I wrote for SBS on the matter. Stay safe people! * How to work from home, by a WFH veteran As the dreaded coronavirus closes workplaces across the globe, many of us find ourselves working from the ‘home office’. Piece of cake, I hear […]
Hello there. Goodness, aren’t these strange times. Here’s something I wrote for SBS on managing Covid-19 and families. * Can Dad come to visit us? Suddenly, with coronavirus swirling about, this is a question that we need to ask. He wants to drop off a food package and some much-needed baby wipes that he managed […]
Kelly Eng 