Margaret Ambrose
What Being A Single Mom Taught Me About My Own Mother
The reason my mum has been such an incredible support to me is that she knows exactly what I am going through.
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Single Motherhood
Being a single mother means owning all the triumphs and overcoming all the challenges your family faces. Single mothers are strong and resourceful, and they know that sometimes the most powerful asset they have is friendships and support from other single mothers.
Margaret Ambrose
- Jul 29
- 1 min
"I’m a single mum living in a sharehouse with other mums"
Welcome to ‘mummunes’ - communities of mothers deciding to live together for support and friendship.
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jun 1, 2023
- 1 min
Inside the family violence refuges that are making sure everyone is safe – even pets
Five-year-old Hervey is entering a family violence refuge in the western suburbs of Melbourne with his family, frightened and bearing the...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jun 1, 2023
- 5 min
Have baby, will travel
When I told a good friend, and seasoned mother and traveller, that I was taking my newborn to Europe for two months...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Feb 1, 2023
- 6 min
The story of the PM's mum must be a catalyst for change
It was a rags-to-riches story that titillated the Australian public and through a long, drawn-out election campaign was re-told...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Feb 1, 2023
- 1 min
Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech has empowered me – to speak up about her government’s shortcomings
On Tuesday night I was one of the almost 3,000 mostly women at the Victorian Arts Centre who rose from their seats in thunderous applause...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
Inside the refuges helping family violence survivors get back on their feet
A taxi pulls up in an ordinary street in an outer Melbourne suburb. A woman and small child get out, carrying only a couple of plastic...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
Why universal healthcare is essential for single mothers
When I decided to become a single mother, there were a lot of things weighing on my mind — such as how it'd be to go through in vitro...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Sep 1, 2022
- 1 min
Are infertile women the new enemy?
When Sally’s* best friend had to unexpectedly go into work on her day off, Sally offered to look after her son, James, aged two. She...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Apr 1, 2022
- 2 min
Mums who refuse to work for free
The work performed by mothers at home has traditionally been unpaid, but one unexpected by-product of lockdown, when everyone was working...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jan 1, 2022
- 1 min
Women who choose parenting partners, not life partners
It’s called co-parenting or platonic parenting, and it’s when two or more people, not in a relationship, come together to raise children....
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Margaret Ambrose
- Sep 1, 2021
- 3 min
Five tips every single mother should know at Christmas
Since becoming a single mother, I’ve pretty much successfully navigated the ups and downs, and even developed skills I never knew I had.
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Margaret Ambrose
- Sep 1, 2021
- 4 min
Test Tube Babies and Armies of Clones: a look back on IVF in Australia
When I tell people that my daughters, Greta age nine and Rori age seven, were conceived using an anonymous donor and IVF, the most common...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
Life for the single mother in 2020
She is aged 41, university educated and employed in a professional field. Despite her workload, she is the sole carer of two or three...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jan 1, 2020
- 1 min
Baby hatches: the safest solution for abandoned newborns?
The discovery of an abandoned baby invariably leaves a community seeking answers, but two cases in Sydney in the space of one week...
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Margaret Ambrose
- Aug 1, 2019
- 1 min
The everyday items making your kids infertile
The chemicals in products you’re probably using every day can be slowly destroying your child’s chances of ever becoming a parent.
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Margaret Ambrose
- Jul 1, 2019
- 1 min
'ParentsNext has added nothing to my life except constant anxiety'
“The Government continues to tell us that ParentsNext is good for parents and more participants are gaining benefit."
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