When you have a baby, there is much talk of developmental milestones. When will your little munchkin sit up, smile, walk and talk, read and write? But what about those unspoken milestones that you don’t read about in parenting books? Here are my top three. 1. Leaving them alone in the bath for the first […]

Today is my Dad’s birthday. He is 79. When I was about three we had this conversation while eating breakfast at a large wooden outdoor table outside our holiday home in the Pyrenees. ‘Oh look Dad a bee.’ ‘No Jen, that’s a fly.’ ‘Flies make honey don’t they?’ ‘No, bees make honey, not flies.’ ‘What […]

I have always had the strong sense that my body is mine and no one has the right to make me feel uncomfortable or hurt me in any way. So much so that I was able to clearly ask the creepy man who approached me when I was walking home from school one day, to […]

Don’t worry it isn’t what you think. The Boy was having a small tantrum. ‘Don’t want the TV go off.’ ‘But we agreed, you got two Pocoyos and then off.’ ‘Arghhh.’ ‘You’re angry I can see.’ ‘AhhhhHHHHH.’ ‘Do you want to go a calm down in your room?’ ‘AHHHHHHH’ He throws a pillow. It thumps […]

I took The Boy to Nandos for lunch last week. Try not to judge me too much. There is plenty of space between the tables, enough noise to drown out any bullshit and a not-bad children’s menu. They have this colouring in thing – quite good and very clever as they get their brand imprinted […]