Tag Archives: teenager

Twilight Girls

What teenage girl doesn’t want to be loved like Bella is loved? – adored by two gorgeous men, to the exclusion of all others, unto the death. (Actually there’s quite a few women who’d go for that kinda lovin’ too.) Twilight idealises – as all good fairytales do – but is this dangerous?  We know [...]

Posted on 24 March 2012
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers, Rites of passage
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Beyond Compare

I made a promise to myself when I was pregnant with our second child. It is a promise that is hard to keep, and became harder still when our third child came along. I avowed to resist comparing our children with each other, not even in my head, and certainly never within earshot. I do [...]

Posted on 19 March 2012
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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UK Mothers’ Day

It’s their big chance to let us know how much they appreciate us. All those meals and clean clothes and fevers nursed and lifts given. All those sheets tucked in, phone bills paid, teachers meetings attended, and birthday parties hosted. All those noses wiped and scowling faces smiled at. For once, I’m glad that it [...]

Posted on 13 March 2012
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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Aspiring to the Impossible

First women wanted to look like Marilyn Munroe, then Twiggy, and now Cheryl Cole. Only now, what we see of Cheryl is not even real. Not only are our stars possibly no longer in possession of their original bustline or lips or hips but their digitally-altered images bear little resemblance to the person herself. Our [...]

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Posted on 13 October 2011
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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