Deconstructing Mummy

30/12/2016

A beautiful article written by a family therapist colleague. To the point!

Ten key insights from a family therapist outline what parents can do to best support the healthy social and emotional development of their children.

16/11/2016

To all mothers of future "rebel girls" and mothers of boys who won't be intimidated by a strong woman!

Illustrated book intended to inspire girls to ‘bigger goals’ tells the stories of 100 great women and scores runaway hit on fundraising site

11/10/2016

Girls are our future. I am not a mother of girls, but I used to be a girl once. I also grew up with a lot of girls around me: sister, girlfriends, cousins. In psychotherapy, I am privileged to meet those little girls who are now embodied in grown women: I hear their thoughts, aspirations, pain, desires and we talk about how it all turned out. These girls are now mothers of other girls. So yes, let's celebrate girls! Let's teach them, love them, nurture and help them to become confident, loving and assertive women.

Are you holding an event to celebrate the world’s 1.1 billion girls? Send us your photos and videos. Or tweet with your experiences of being a teenager

29/09/2016

A beautiful book I just read with my son from his school. Some things like disability in a young child, or the love for one's sibling can't be explained. They are "just because ". Beautiful.

Toby's best friend is his big sister, Clemmie. She can't walk, talk or move around much. Just because. He loves her dearly, and we discover all the many ways they play together. It's an utterly gorgeous tale of sibling affection.

14/09/2016

Dear God! How much more blame and control?

Images of hourglasses and the claim that ‘Beauty knows no age. Fertility does’ are an unwelcome reminder of Italian women’s position in the 1930s

21/07/2016

Have you come across this experiment? It is very very interesting!

21/05/2016

Can't imagine this pain, but I bow to these nurses who ease it.

This NICU nurse's Facebook post gives us a glimpse into the hard, heartbreaking, rewarding work of caring for fragile babies every day.

24/02/2016

To all of us, children and mothers. No matter what is a big deal in our happiness.

Debi Gliori reading from 'No Matter What'. Discover more about the delightful Debi at http://www.debiglioribooks.com

22/12/2015

For the Greek deconstructed mums.

Αυτήν τη στιγμή πάνω από 50 παιδιά ζουν παρατημένα από τις μητέρες τους σε νοσοκομεία του λεκανοπεδίου Αττικής. Επειδή οι ίδιες δεν είναι σε θέση να τα φροντίσουν, επειδή ζουν σε συνθήκες που δεν ε...

20/12/2015

" I am so glad I was able to free you of that cord. But I can't do anything about the ring around your foot. Let's just leave it as a marker that you 're my baby. So that I can recognize you among the travelers."
This is a beautiful book for mothers and for women who are fiercely maternal and individualistic

A Korean Charlotte's Web More than 2 million copies sold This is the story of a hen named....

18/12/2015

The"dear daddy"viral video is a disgrace to our power as women. It once again puts us in the position to ask for help. "Daddy's help". It says " I will be born a girl" as if it's some kind of a disease. It portrays women as weak objects in need of rescue and men as pigs with no feelings. It appeals to a banal emotionality, that is very unsavoury to me. Not all men are abusive enemies nor all mums are non existent in the strong upbringing of their daughters. Girls don't need a daddy to protect them. They need both parents to role model self respect.

Σύμφωνα με τον Παγκόσμιο Οργανισμό Υγείας, μία στις τρεις γυναίκες παγκοσμίως θα βιώσει σωματική ή σεξουαλική βία στη διάρκεια της ζωής της, συνήθως από άντρα σύντροφο. Σε ένα βίντεο που γρήγορα γίνεται viral – χαρακτηρίστηκε ως ένα από τα πιο δυνατά βίντεο της χρονιάς, η οργάνωση Care Norway κάνει…

11/12/2015

Top cartoons! Spot on

"It's better to see the funny side of things and laugh about it."