Everywhere you look, mothers are being erased.

In the name of inclusion and diversity:

• Barnardos has cancelled its ‘Mother of the Year’ award
• Volunteers from the Australian Breastfeeding Association have been investigated for their use of the word ‘mother’ on social media
• The Labor Party has removed the word ‘mother’ from its policy documents

The reasoning goes: some families don’t have a mother and some mothers identify as ‘fathers’, so we should stop using sexed language for parents altogether.