Monthly Archives: February 2009

A PSA from UNICEF – “Missing Mothers”

Posted on February 27, 2009 by

From UNICEF: This year alone, more than 500,000 women will die during pregnancy or childbirth. That’s one woman missing every minute of every day. We call these women “missing” because their deaths could have been avoided. In fact, 80 per … Continue reading →

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Start ‘Em Young

Posted on February 25, 2009 by

I came across these magnetic words for children at Amazon, aimed at children from 4 and up. They’re like magnetic poetry – a bunch of single words on magnets designed for writing sentences, letters, poems or whatever on your refrigerator … Continue reading →

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Pressure to be stupid

Posted on February 21, 2009 by

My son Austin is three. For Christmas, just out of interest, I bought him a ‘first numbers’ book and a ‘first phonics’ book. I thought he might be interested; I never realised that he’d become obsessed with the books. He … Continue reading →

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Feminist Parenting Links – 15.02.2009

Posted on February 15, 2009 by

Actually managing to get these posted on a Sunday for once, how organised am I? A small selection of the feminist parenting-related goodness I’ve been reading this week. The Invisible Mother – “The mother/breeder binary is readily obvious in most … Continue reading →

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Equal pay for equal work?

Posted on February 9, 2009 by

I’ve been worried lately by something a few of my friends have been saying. “I’d probably never vote Tory… but” it starts. Can you guess what it is they’re talking about? If I tell you these friends of mine are … Continue reading →

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It’s just a bloody COLOUR!

Posted on February 7, 2009 by

Orion went out with his dad today, as he does most Saturdays. Apparently during their day out they went to get a new car seat. When they opened the box, they found it was pink. They’d ordered a silver one, … Continue reading →

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