Welcome back to Witching Hour – the show where two mums and sort of cousins figure out how to make work, work. Today on the show:

• Parents fined $11,000 for school refusal: why the system is punishing families instead of supporting them and why it’s always mums who cop the blame.
• Alex Cooper’s viral “stop mothering your partner” take: where’s the line between caring and carrying the mental load?

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In this episode, we cover: school refusal and parental fines, gender inequality in parenting, emotional and mental load, feminist relationships, communication in partnerships, working motherhood, systemic pressures on families, and the daily juggle of career and care.

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In this episode, we cover practical money advice for mothers, financial wellbeing and advocacy, budgeting through maternity leave, how to manage childcare costs, ways to start investing with small amounts, realistic savings tips for working mums, navigating financial inequality and superannuation after kids, how to talk to your partner about money, creating long-term financial security, and building financial confidence while juggling motherhood and career.

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This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurong people of the Kulin Nation. The land on which we're lucky enough to raise our sons and daughters always was and always will be Aboriginal land. We Pay The Rent and you can too.

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