A child will learn nothing from being hit. The Independent
Well, that David Lammy has caused a hoo-ha with his talk of smacking children. And a decade ago, I might have agreed with him. But what…
Rebellious children? At least you’re doing something right. The Guardian.
Two stories caught my attention recently. One was a report that breastfed babies are more challenging in their behaviour and the other was about a new…
It’s time to reclaim the M-word. Published in The Guardian
Naomi Stadlen likes mothers. She has written two books with the word in the title: What Mothers Do, Especially When it Looks Like Nothing and her…
Expectant mothers need facts, not fear. Hospital vs home birth. The Independent.
Here we go again. A debate about home vs hospital birth. There is only one thing – I’ve found – that’s more emotive than where you…
The taste of al fresco. Does food taste better outdoors? Intelligent Life.
The dream and the reality are never so divorced as when dining al fresco. As soon as someone says “let’s eat outdoors”, the spirits lift. The…
Black Friday for Catholics. The Guardian.
Growing up in an Italian Catholic family, we never ate meat on a Friday. (My mother doesn’t eat meat on a Wednesday either, which is seriously…
This sat nav of the labour ward is driving us the wrong way. The Guardian.
When I gave birth to my first child in 2003, I was as prepared as I could be: positions, breathing, birth plan. What I hadn’t accounted…
Jean Liedloff, author of The Continuum Concept, obituary. The Guardian.
Jean Liedloff, who has died aged 84, was the author of The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost (1975), in which she outlined her belief…
Discard this common fisheries policy and stop this waste. The Guardian.
It was 14 years ago that I first started writing about the state of our fish stocks, how ludicrous the common fisheries policy (CFP) was, how…
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