Struggling to be upbeat after yesterday’s Brexit / Article 50 triggering / news onslaught on top of general terrible news / everything from America / everything in general / it’s too much / make it stop / someone, please? It’s not just you. I thought: Head in the sand, there would be no triggering. Instead, the…
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Nine alternative ways to protest (when you’re a parent of small children)
What are the best ways to protest when you’re a parent of small children, and can’t go to a protest march? I’ve been thinking about this a lot this week, for all the obvious reasons, mainly while I was trapped under a sleeping toddler and couldn’t even go to the kitchen (again). Like most people I…
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Talking, children, Mary Poppins and politics
Do you talk to your children about politics? I’ve always taken mine along with me to vote and had vague discussions about the ‘red team’ and the ‘blue team’ (not to be confused with football, another hot topic in this household as their dad’s a long-suffering Sheffield Wednesday fan).