Julia Kerr

Julia Kerr is a wife, mother and stay at home hero, getting by on hot coffee and tiny hugs. Interests include sharing stories, normalising parenthood & searching for wine.

Parents
Oct 18, 2017

Choice not duty: A mother interviews her husband about step-parenting her child

These days more and more families are blended families. Which means more step-parents and step-children. Here Julia Kerr has a very honest look at her own family and her struggles to co-parent with her husband and she interviews him about what becoming a step-father to her son was like.

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Parents
Feb 2, 2017

I will not condemn this mother who killed her children

How can we stop devastating acts by mothers who are mentally ill? How can we support isolated mothers who are suffering from serious mental health issues? The first step, Julia Kerr believes, is changing the way we talk about mothers and mental illness to protect both children and their parents.

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Parents
Oct 15, 2016

'Today I'm going back on my antidepressants': A stay-at-home mum on tackling depression

The decision to use medication to treat depression is a individual one – what's best for one person may not be so for another. Julia Kerr explains why antidepressants are the right choice for her, in a special post to mark Mental Health Awareness Week.

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