The trend that we’re now seeing is one of choice and circumstance – at least mainly. The rest is dictated by the crippling cost of childcare and the damage having a child unfortunately still does to a woman’s career and earnings. Yet again this month the debate about older mothers – careerists, if you will…Read more »
Category: Parenting
Breastfeeding is like learning how to walk
Babies are amazing. As parents, we do our best to nurture them, guide them, support them, enable them to learn and develop, encourage them. They learn so much from us; what we do, how we do things. Yet, there is so much we can learn from babies. Just think about the process that babies go…Read more »
Connecting the Dots
Posted by in Blog, Leadership, Parenting With two small (active and sparky) children, a full-time job, a 70-mile daily commute, domestic chores, singing in a local choir, and voluntary roles as the Vice Chair of our nursery’s Friends Association and a trustee of a Wales-wide charitable housing association, quality thinking time is… let’s say… precious! Like many people in my situation,…Read more »
Dr Rachel Hughes 