Guest post: January Carmalt examines how mums can leap back into the workforce with confidence after the school-run sabbatical. Gap years. What do we think of them? No, no—think less setting sail to artificially inseminate indigenous blue-footed boobies of the Galapagos– more pram-pushing, nappy changing, food pureeing and later– forging ever more inventive means to entertain restless children during rain-soaked school holidays. Cast aside self-indulgent naval gazing and imagine instead those career-sacrificing years spent at Tumble Tots, play dates and bake sales. Ah yes, those gap years. These past decades women have made pioneering strides combining families with…
Mind The Gap. By January Carmalt
