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#tbt One from the Archive: Politics of the Playground
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(First published on The Contented Calf website on Wednesday 11th May 2011.)
We all remember how difficult it was to navigate our way around the social “do’s and don’ts” of the playground when we were young, don't we? The playground was a tough place to be. You were judged on a daily basis as to whether you fitted in, what kind of girl/boy you were, were you cool enough to play with? And many of judgements were made on the basis of what kind of a person you looked like.
But I’m slowly realising that re-entering the playground as a parent, these judgements are being made all over again. Indeed, this happened to us just last weekend!
#tbt One from the Archive: “Poo-st traumatic” stress
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(First published on The Contented Calf website on Tuesday 7th September 2010.) Before I had my daughter, friends with babies extolled the virtues of joining the NCT. They were right – through my NCT classes I met a wonderful group of friends. We’ve supported each other through our ups and downs and general experiences of Mummydom. However, most of what we talked about in our classes themselves has long drifted out of my mind (along with a worrying amount of other stuff!)… But two things our teacher said stuck firmly in my mind: “Cascade of medical intervention” – this phrase...
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