Taking up job title of full-time mother

Andrea Mara talks to four mums who’ve given up their careers — for now — to take care of their children.

CEO, astronaut, boxer, builder — girls can be anything they want to be. And with more and more career options opening up for them, motherhood is no longer seen as the end goal. Indeed, almost one in five women in Ireland aged between 40 and 44 are childless.

Meanwhile, the sugar-coating of motherhood is being stripped away by parenting forums and bloggers.