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Rupert Murdoch’s efforts to entrench his son Lachlan as primary heir to his media empire have been dealt a legal blow in the US after a $15billion Succession-style courtroom battle with three of his other adult children, it was revealed today. Nevada’s commissioner has ruled that an attempted amendment to the family’s trust opposed by James, Prudence and Elisabeth Murdoch was a 'charade' and made in ‘bad faith’. The 93-year-old Australian media mogul intends to appeal against the decision...

A real-life "Succession" battle for Rupert Murdoch's media empire has ended with a Nevada court commissioner denying the billionaire's bid to change a family trust and give control to his eldest son. The case pitted the 93-year-old against three of his children over who would gain the power to control News Corp and Fox News when he dies. It has been reported that Mr Murdoch wanted to amend a family trust created in 1999 to allow his son Lachlan to take control without "interference" from...

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There are times in parenting where you just feel kind of useless. You can't carry the baby, take a late-night breastfeeding shift, or absorb any of the pain and discomfort of childbirth. Sometimes the best you can do is to try to take care of your partner. That's what brought user u/DietyBeta to the AskParents subreddit with a well-meaning question."My wife watches our 1yo, works, and is 12 week pregnant. How can I make her daily life easier while I'm away at work?"He says that when he gets home from work, he takes over all parenting and homemaking duties.But yeesh! That's still... a lot to handle. No wonder his wife is stressed out.A few folks chimed in to pat the OP on the back. After all, it's great to see a dad who realizes how much is falling on mom's shoulders and actively looking for ways to lighten the load!Some helpful suggestions rolled in, like taking over meal prep and making her easy lunches to heat up, hiring cleaners, or paying someone to walk the dogs. Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash But then even more people came in to the comments asking the same question over and over: If mom is working, why isn't the 1-year-old in daycare?u/young-mommy wrote: "Is the one year old in daycare? If not, I would start there. Working from home with a child gets harder and harder as they enter toddlerhood"u/min2themax said: "It’s nice of you to be asking how to help her but she really is getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop here. It sounds like she is literally always working or parenting. Sometimes both at the same time. Walking the dogs and making her lunches and prepping meals and doing laundry is all well and good but this is not at all sustainable."u/alternative-box3260 said: "Have the one year old in daycare. I was in a similar situation and it’s impossible. I was able to breath after that, not before."And u/sillychihuahua26 wrote: "She’s caring for your 1.year old while working? That’s a horrible plan. You guys need childcare like yesterday."We have a legitimate childcare crisis in our country, and stories like this one really bring it to life.Childcare in the United States isn't nearly accessible or affordable enough for most families. Period.ChildCare Aware found that that average cost of childcare in 2022 was $10,853 per year, or roughly 10% of a median family income (in 2024, it's likely even more than that — yet the actual workers at childcare centers are somehow severely underpaid). But even that eye-popping number is conservative. Anyone who lives anywhere close to a city (or in California or New York) knows the number will be way higher. It's just not feasible for most families to put their child, let alone multiple children, in full-time care while they're young.And yet! The percentage of households with two parents working full-time has been rising for decades. Life is more expensive than ever, and the extra income from two working parents really helps, even if it's offset by those child care costs.More and more families are trying to scrape by — by trying to do it all Photo by Keren Fedida on Unsplash Now we don't know whether the OP's family can afford childcare for their 1-year-old or not, although in a later update to the post he wrote:"As far as daycare, she doesn't want to because she feels like she would be missing out on the time"So even if you can afford childcare, there's the still the crushing guilt of shipping your child off to be raised by strangers to deal with! Classic.(Take one guess who shoulders most of the daycare guilt — dads or moms?)The work-from-home revolution has been a Godsend for parents in certain ways — flexibility, balance, less commuting time — but its also saddled many of them with double duty. 'Hey how about you work full-time because we need the money AND keep an eye on the kids, since you're home anyway!'But it doesn't work like that, and trying to do both is crushing modern parents. In fact, the Surgeon General of the United States just put out an official advisory based on the plummeting mental state of today's parents. We know parents are having a hard time and that it's getting picked up in the national conversation. But hearing about a mom working full-time with a 1-year-old on her hip while pregnant, and a dad stuck working out of the house who's at a total loss for how to make things better really paints a pretty bleak picture.No one should have to work full-time and parent full-time, at the same time.A fridge full of microwavable lunches and a fleet of dog walkers isn't going to make it any better until things start changing from the very top.This article originally appeared in September.

Once women reach a certain age, society does something weird. It starts sending messages that you're simply too old to dress as if you have a social life. In general, it seemed as if society had been moving away from those unrealistic expectations laid upon moms and women over the age of 35, but maybe not.Jessica Buwick, a mom on TikTok, found out fairly quickly that people still have interesting ideas about how "old people" should dress when going out in public. The 37-year-old mom ordered a plethora of outfits to try on to wear for her son's graduation, prompted by her seeing other moms on social media dressing much more fancy for graduations than parents did when she graduated. It was a silly, lighthearted video showing her trying on all of the outfits that did not make the cut for various reasons. One was too short and didn't zip. Another was ill-fitting and confusing. They were obvious catastrophes that just didn't work, so she made the misfortune into funny content. And people had a lot to say.Many people laughed along, while others took the opportunity to take jabs at the mom's fashion choices. One commenter decided to point her in the right direction by commenting, "Maybe YOU should have shopped in an age-appropriate section of the store so you don't look like a SKANK in your clothing, thereby humiliating your poor son."Yikes, that was a bit harsh and sadly a common theme as multiple people pointed out how she was going to embarrass her son. @jessicabuwick #graduation #graduationfail #dressfail #graduationoutfit #graduationoutfitideas But instead of letting the haters get to her, she decided to follow up with a video of more "appropriate" outfits for an elderly mother to wear while attending her child's graduation."Apparently I triggered a whole demographic of y'all when I shared my dress options for my son's high school graduation. A lot of you were horrified with my choices," Buwick continued. "Apparently they were not appropriate for a high school graduation nor for someone of my age...37."Clearly, the mom received the message and proved it by donning a floor-length gown with long sleeves to make sure minimal skin was showing. In another outfit that gave off Julie Andrews vibes, she burst into song to complete the look, though she nixed that dress because the sleeve was slightly sheer. The outfit she settled on at the end was clearly more the speed she thought the commenters were expecting.Watch: @jessicabuwick Thank you for coming #graudation #graduationdresses #formaldresses She took the comments in stride and made others laugh while doing so. Her son's graduation had already passed, and in a follow-up video she showed the outfit she decided to go with—a cute pair of dress shorts, a tank top and a brightly colored blazer. While I'm sure someone will disagree with that outfit choice as well, Buwick seems to have found a perfectly hilarious way to handle the negativity.This article originally appeared last year.