What do you do when family and friends don't support your choice of raising your child in a non-stereotypical environment? How do you handle the unwanted gifts of inappropriate clothing or, worse still, the comments in front of your child?
I was asking for suggestions for new blog topics the other days, and someone suggested breastfeeding, so I thought I’d start with my experience. I breastfed my son until he self-weaned just before he turned two but it wasn’t an easy start.
We’ve got equality now, right? We have equal pay legislation and anti-discrimination legislation. We can vote, own property and run our own businesses. And hey, it’s not like we’re in Saudi Arabia, where women have only just been allowed to drive. So why do we still need International Women’s Day?
There's a common assumption that parents want 'one of each' and that that's the ideal scenario. Clearly that's far from the truth for most parents and contains a lot of assumptions! But it's a particularly common assumption about boys - that parents want a boy to carry on the family name (so many stereotypes in here it's hard to know where to start!). Read on for more...
