The price of motherhood
Young Malaysian women are rarely given a choice between their professional ambitions and motherhood.
Last week’s tag: #YoungMums
AHEAD of Mother’s Day last week, we interviewed women who had children before they were 25 for a story on young mothers. They talked about the challenges they faced in the early stages of motherhood as well as the ones they are still dealing with now. They discussed feeling disconnected from their peers, being left […]
Starting young
By NASA MARIA ENTABAN alltherage@thestar.com.my WHEN Nik Izyan Nik Mahmood had her first child three years ago, she was “only” 24 – at least that’s how many people today would put it. Very few of her friends were even in serious relationships at that age, let alone breastfeeding and changing diapers. In fact, most of […]