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Jo Scard

About Jo Scard

Jo Scard is the co-author of The Working Mothers Survival Guide, a best-selling guide for working mums published by Allen & Unwin: A practical, realistic, down-to-earth and entertaining guide for working women. Jo wrote the book with Melissa Doyle, co-presenter of Australia's highest-rating breakfast program, Sunrise.

Jo Scard has over 20 years' experience in politics, television and public affairs. Running her own strategic political consultancy www.joscard.com, Jo has two young children - Marlow, 8 and Frida, 5.

Jo and her family are on a farm near the historic town of Gundaroo, close to the Australian capital Canberra, where they live with their horses and kelpie.
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Co-author, The Working Mother's Survival Guide

Confessions of a Guilty Mom

December 13, 2010 by Jo Scard Leave a Comment

I'm starting to get guilty. Guilty that I haven't made a Christmas cake yet. Guilty I may not be entirely on top of my Christmas shopping and it's 11 days out. Guilty I have't worked out the Christmas menu. I even had a dream last night about searching downtown for a favorite brand of Christmas cake- and failed. This mummy guilt is all pervasive isn't it. As soon as we've dealt … [Read more...] about Confessions of a Guilty Mom

Working at Home: Tough Stuff

December 9, 2010 by Jo Scard Leave a Comment

I've been at this mothering thing for over 8 years. Closer to 9 in actual fact. And I'm only just now getting the hang of it I think. I've proudly joined the ranks of WAHM (Work At Home Mothers) and it's given me a whole different perspective on it.  Rather than rushing out the door and handing over responsibility for my children to my husband, childcare or a part time … [Read more...] about Working at Home: Tough Stuff

Recycling in Baby Steps

November 30, 2010 by Jo Scard Leave a Comment

It never ends. You really really want to do it right but it can be so hard. It starts with the choice of nappies when the baby is born. I went into overload and sourced Egyptian cotton, washable terry elasticized ones that had cute green trim. Now you can get ones made of bamboo. The choice is endless. And they're all better for the environment than the ones with the … [Read more...] about Recycling in Baby Steps

Mummy Meltdowns

November 30, 2010 by Jo Scard Leave a Comment

I’m the first to admit that I have ‘Mummy Meltdowns’. At times quite often. I don’t cope very well when my husband, who works at a newspaper, has to go away on one of his many trips taking him interstate or overseas. In fact I dread it when he goes away. I can’t pretend to be a wonder woman when I’m simply not. I get cranky with him, I get … [Read more...] about Mummy Meltdowns

Loving My Neighbourhood

November 29, 2010 by Jo Scard Leave a Comment

My family and I made the move about a year ago to a small farm outside a the capital city of Australia, Canberra. It was a big decision and we turned our back on the fast pace of Sydney where we’d come from, the shops, the coffee and the food. But we also turned our back on the traffic, the pollution and the lack of space. For us it was perfect. We had a great community … [Read more...] about Loving My Neighbourhood

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