As a doctor, I have a front-row seat to the physical, emotional and financial impact on women who find themselves in the role of primary carer

‘Why do you always grip the dashboard like that when I am driving?’

It’s the bleary-eyed 5am run to rowing practice and I have just relented to the eager ‘Can I drive?’ When your teenager takes a reluctant ‘I guess’ as full-throated approval, you still want to show grace. Especially when there are many more mandated hours of supervision en route to a probationary licence.