Communication, Kids and Culture
Regular readers of this blog will know how much my teenage daughter and I love watching certain reality tv shows together (or ‘crap tv’ as I’ve heard it described…) Apart from the fact that it’s such fun and we get … Read More
Sons and daughters are equally brilliant.* I speak from experience. I had three sons in a row and then a daughter. During my fourth pregnancy people would say to me (in front of my three little boys!) things like: “I … Read More
I refuse to worry about my daughter. Point blank refuse. She’s fifteen so there’s lots I know I should be worrying about but I am not going to. I refuse to worry about my daughter because of the unequal society … Read More
This week I travelled up to North Wales to see Grandma with my 13-year-old daughter, the first time we have done this trip just the two of us. At Oxford services (Westbound, M40) we went into W H Smith for … Read More
‘Bye!’ said my 13-yr-old daughter cheerily as she prepared to leave the house to go for a swim in the outdoor pool. She opened the front door and was almost knocked back in by sheets of torrential rain. ‘You’re not … Read More
I read an article a while ago about how to talk to your teenage daughter about the pressures to get ‘bikini-ready’ for the summer so that, presumably, you can go to the beach or the pool without that sense of … Read More
‘Aren’t you glad you’ve got a ‘parenting expert’ for a mum?’ I asked my kids after seeing the description of myself in the Mail’s You magazine this morning. Roars of laughter. They found it hilarious, always have done.I have to … Read More
Oh Lego, Lego, Lego, my favourite toy when I was a child – EVERY child’s favourite toy, or all the ones I knew anyway. Oh Lego what’s happened? Why don’t you like girls anymore? Oops… sorry everyone, I went to … Read More
So it’s winter, it’s freezing outside, my brain has shut down to preserve its energy and I am hibernating. I am not a perfect mother right now. Luckily this week I had an obliging child who got a coldy fluey … Read More
I was directed to an article in the Daily Mail this week, reporting a mother’s concern about what her teenage daughter chose to wear to her 14th birthday party and luckily, as I have no imagination, the Mail helpfully published … Read More