Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline.

We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.

We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.

Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline.

Political success is often dependent on the ability to be heard above the din of controversy and debate and to set a course with one's own compass.

Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.

Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.