Louise Thompson’s remarks about children starting school still in nappies triggered a significant backlash from mothers — especially those whose children have medical needs, developmental delays, or disabilities. The core problem is that numerous parents felt her comments obliterated the complicated truths behind delayed toileting and unfairly blamed mothers for “lazy parenting.” On her HeContinue reading “‘My 6-Year-Old Son Is Still In Nappies – Louise Thompson Has Hurt 100s Of Mums Like Me’”
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I’m So Determined Not To Raise A Brat
A mother has taken caring for her child to another level. One that we have not seen for an extremely long time. When she was eight months pregnant and still at work, a colleague had given her a 1950s book entitled ‘Mothercraft.’ ‘You’ll need this,’ she muttered, adding, ‘the old way’s the best way.’ IContinue reading “I’m So Determined Not To Raise A Brat”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 