Woman’s Hour with Jenni Murray: grandparents with favourites.
On Woman’s Hour with the fabulous Virginia Ironside. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01dtdgc
“My partner is sometimes too harsh with my little boy.” Published in The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa My partner and I separated more than three years ago. We took every care to ensure that we put our son, now six, first…
“I’m 40 and I want to find out about my biological father.” Published in The Guardian
Dear Annalisa am a 40-year-old woman. I had an OK childhood with my mother and loving father, always in the knowledge that I had a different…
How can we protect our daughters from abusive relationships? The Guardian
When I became the mother of one, then two, girls I would occasionally think about the prevalence of eating disorders and what I could do to…
Are we cruel not to give our parents grandchildren? The Guardian
Dear Annalisa My wife and I are in our 40s and have decided that we would prefer not to have children. I have one sibling, a…
My parents favoured my brothers, now my children are suffering in turn. The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa My childhood was marred by favouritism. I was the middle child of three: the black sheep, the difficult one, the sickly one. These aren’t…
I want my mother to say sorry for neglecting me as a child. The Guardian
My father was quite severely depressed during my childhood. I feel my mother handled things very badly when he became ill. When I tried to discuss…
Independent midwives: Why we can’t afford to lose them. Published in The Guardian.
In February 2009 I gave birth to my second child at home. I had no idea as I feasted on post-partum pancakes (not made of placenta) and…
“My son-in-law has a Facebook account with female porn friends.” Published in The Guardian.
I use Facebook infrequently, mainly to look at photos of my grandchildren posted by my daughter and son-in-law. I recently put in the wrong initial and…
“We don’t want to be childminders for our grandchildren – we’re retired.” Published in the Guardian
Dear Annalisa When we reached retirement, I thought life would be relaxed. We spent our lives struggling to bring up two sons and gave them as…
Annalisa Barbieri 
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