Parenting Archives

The Un-Mother

Four years ago I entered a writing competition on the theme of motherhood, at the time my daughter was 5 months old, and had only…

Men can experiment with makeup and fashion – David Bowie portrait

Boys are taught from a young age that fashion and makeup are a girls domain, that it is taboo for them to want to experiment…

Inspiring boys to break the mould

It is very important to me that both my children grow up knowing that they do not have to change who they are, that they…

Raising a child gender free

I’ve been thinking about this case recently, where an eight month old has been issued a health card which does not mention their sex. The…

“That’s a boy thing”

My kids have reached that age. Now the infuriating conversations have started. “Boys do this, girls don’t” “That’s a girls toy” “Girls don’t like that”…

Breastfeeding and Jamie Oliver

Let me just start this post by saying, if I actually manage to write this without it just turning into a string of expletives I’ll…

Neglectful mother

I’m sorry, for those of you following me for plus size fashion and art, this is a departure. Some of you have followed me a…

Time to Talk: PTSD the hidden cost of NICU

I’ve written about the difficulties faced both during and after my daughter’s NICU/SCBU stay. It really does mess with your head in a way that…