Finding a balance between meaningful work and primary parenting responsibilities is tough, and always has been. For me it meant redefining myself as a father and partner too

I sat alone on a bench against a wall in the milky London winter sun and watched my two-and-a-half year-old son throw toy cars and blocks around the sandpit.

He kept trying to strip to his undies because that’s what he instinctively did in the Australian summer, which is where he wanted to be. I’d re-dress him. He’d do it again. I wasn’t very patient.

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