Category: family
MUMS SHOW LIVE! REVIEW — Parentdish.co.uk
| May 17, 2013 | Posted by olivia under family, the way we live |
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This weekend sees the first ever show event for parents of school-aged children, Mums Show Live! Olivia Gordon visited the show at Alexandra Palace in north London to see what it’s like.
SPYING ON YOUR CHILDMINDER — Parentdish.co.uk
| April 30, 2013 | Posted by olivia under family, friendship, the way we live, women's issues, work |
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Nanny Debbie is ‘rough and rude’ with the little boy in her care. She sits on benches chatting with her friends while the child wanders around the playground, shoeless, looking for her. The reports and photographs on NannySightings.com make chilling reading…
THE MUMMY RULES — Parentdish.co.uk
| April 15, 2013 | Posted by olivia under family, friendship, the way we live, women's issues |
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All mothers know about the mummy rules…don’t they?
MIND THE GENERATION GAP — Sunday Telegraph Stella
| April 14, 2013 | Posted by olivia under family, the way we live, women's issues, work |
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Stay-at-home mother? Career high-flyer? Juggling the two? Within a few decades there has been a huge revolution in the way women can choose to lead their lives… This was the first time I’ve ever written a feature and also been interviewed for it by a co-writer. My editor Anna interviewed me and my mum, and…
CURLING UP WITH A CHILDHOOD BOOK — Top Sante
| April 3, 2013 | Posted by olivia under books, arts & culture, family, mental health, the way we live |
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For the May issue I wrote on how I fell in love with childhood books - in adulthood.
KIDS’ BOOK CLUB: TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURES — Parentdish.co.uk
| March 19, 2013 | Posted by olivia under books, arts & culture, family |
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In which I reread Charlotte Sometimes.
MEET THE AMAZINGS — Allaboutyou.com
| March 14, 2013 | Posted by olivia under family, knitting, sewing & craft, the way we live |
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Who first showed you how to knit, bake or saw a piece of wood in two? Chances are, it was someone older than you – perhaps much older. Our elders have so much time-honoured wisdom to share. And that’s why we’re hearing more and more about a growing young start-up social enterprise called The Amazings.
TURN AN OLD JUMPER INTO BABY TROUSERS — Allaboutyou.com
| March 4, 2013 | Posted by olivia under family, fashion & beauty, knitting, sewing & craft |
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If, like me, you dream of making adorable baby and toddler clothes, but have only fair to middling sewing skills, and minimal patience and budget, read on. Featuring Mini Magpie. Picture from Mini Magpie
KIDS’ BOOK CLUB: SUNSHINE BY JAN ORMEROD — Parentdish.co.uk
| February 11, 2013 | Posted by olivia under books, arts & culture, family, the way we live, women's issues, work |
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It’s a little optimistic – even a feminist ideal, from an early 1980s perspective. But it shows how modern life can work at its best and doesn’t try to put mummy in the kitchen… Click here for more on the late Jan Ormerod.
WHY ADULTS LOVE IN THE NIGHT GARDEN — Parentdish.co.uk
| January 28, 2013 | Posted by olivia under books, arts & culture, family, the way we live |
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In The Night Garden: an artistic work of sheer genius and immense profundity? Discuss. PLUS Ten things you didn’t know about the show! Read on… Image: BBC