The invisibility of age I want to talk about women of a certain age because I guess I have recently come to realise that I am one of these women and I’m not digging it very much. I’m scared of getting old Now to be honest I’m not even sure what age this saying refers […]
Do you ever feel trapped?
Even I find myself falling for social norms. Social norms suck ! I have been thinking a lot lately about how we trap ourselves into certain ways of doing things, ways of being and just general life. We don’t mean to and often we don’t even know we are trapped and have in some way […]
Why we shouldn’t be so quick to shun princesses
The Princess years and why they matter. For most young girls, their first female role models often come in the form of a princess. We can argue the rights and wrongs of this forever but presently this is the situation we are in. Disney has a grip, not only of our children, but of the […]
Why do we say sorry so much?
Nice bit of patriarchy there Mum I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the word sorry and more to the point, how many times I seem to say it. This seems to be an awful lot. I became aware of my over-use of it the other night. My husband had come home for work and […]
Is All This Talk About Happiness Making Our Kids Miserable?
Why can’t we let our children be miserable? I am generally a happy person, I love sunshine yellow and a right good laugh but I am getting rather concerned with our obsession with happiness. With media stars and celebrities currently releasing books on happiness and particularly how it relates to motherhood, I do cringe a […]