Should I go back to work or stay home and look after my toddler?
Dear Annalisa I’m on a career break from my job, looking after my two-year-old son – it is due to end in late March. I’m 34…
Since I came out as gay, my mother hasn’t spoken to me. The Guardian
Nearly three years ago, in my mid-30s, I came out as gay to my mother. She is very religious and I knew what her reaction would…
Is it ever okay to spy on your children? The Guardian
I often joke that I don’t like the word “spying” – it has such negative associations for what can be just taking an active interest in…
I can’t get my first love out of my head. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa Twenty five years ago, in my late teens, I had my first boyfriend. We had a completely magical year together. He was, and is,…
I think my daughter is pulling her hair out. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa My daughter is 13 and since the age of eight has had episodes of what I suspect is hair pulling. Lately this has become more…
My 70-year old husband has turned aggressive – I fear he has dementia. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa My husband and I have been married for 46 years, mostly very happily. I am 64, he is 70, and we have two sons. I enjoy…
Should I give my daughter a smart phone? She’s only 11. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa My daughter will be 11 in a couple of months. For her birthday she has asked for a smartphone to make staying in touch…
Living with my partner’s grown up sons is ruining our relationship. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa I have been with my partner for almost five years. He is a kind, handsome, intelligent, caring, considerate man and we have a two-year-old…
Jobless down, turkeys up. PM relishes his Christmas bounce. The Week.
IT WAS a festive Prime Minister’s Questions today; the last one before the right honourables break up for Christmas and the atmosphere in the Commons was…
Update on “My mother’s baby died forty years ago.”
In the autumn of 2012, I received a very sad letter, from a woman telling me about her mother, who had had a still birth 40…
Annalisa Barbieri 
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