Popping a few bubbles – or some deep reflections prompted by screen time
Lorenzo has woken up with a fever. I felt it straight away when he got out of bed and hugged
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Why do we judge parents?
It’s a sunny Sunday in winter. Greece is in lockdown, parks are closed, but the beach is open to all.
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Sweet summer memories, or the love between children and grandparents
In Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book, Grandmother and her grand-daughter Sophia co-exist on a tiny island in the Finnish Gulf
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Eat, play, love: our first six months together at The First 1,000 Days
“Eat, play, love”: I first saw these words on a slide at a journalist workshop on early childhood development organised
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Fathers are not “helpers”
If a man thinks he is “helping out”, this means he thinks he has no responsibility and that the responsibility falls on the woman. Let’s change that!
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Pregnant – and harassed – in Japan
This post is public, so feel free to share it. Also, it is packed with information, so my recommendations will
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What’s wrong with the idea of the “terrible twos”
I heard of the “terrible twos” way before I decided to have a child. The idea goes something like this:
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What negative feelings about breastfeeding tell us about the struggles of motherhood
Even before becoming a mother, Zainab Yate was sure she would breastfeed her children until they turned two. It was
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Taking the first steps (Or: why I dislike milestones)
I rarely mention milestones in my newsletters, which may be puzzling to some of you who have children or work
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Learning from our falls – and getting up again
This week I’ll skip recommendations because this is a longish newsletter. Many of you have said that time is an
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