UK childcare is the most expensive in the WORLD!

  I’m discussing the extraordinary new survey that UK childcare is the most expensive in the world & that families now spend a third of their income on nurseries and childminders http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3831626/UK-childcare-expensive-world-Families-spend-income-nurseries-childminders.html Choosing whether to be your child’s full-time caregiver can be a complicated emotional and financial decision. But before you weigh the pros and […]

The rise of ‘Motherism’ – prejudice against stay-at-home mums.

I read with interest today about the rise in “Motherism” as new term to describe prejudice against stay at home mums! Stay-at-home mothers are increasingly facing a damaging but unspoken prejudice   that assumes they are stupid, lazy and unattractive, a leading child  development expert has warned. Dr Aric Sigman, a biologist and psychologist, said that what he […]