On the back of MPs calling for 12 weeks paternity leave, the Guardian have gone with the idea that it will help address the gender pay gap. Whilst I’m all up for having 12 weeks paternity, my question here is quite simple: What Does The ‘Gender Pay Gap’ Have to do […]
I was reading a post the other day about Instagram banning birthing photos and I wondered how I felt on the matter. So I’ve done what I always do when I want to express my thoughts: turned to writing. I will warn you before you continue that this post does contain […]
An article, posted on the Daily Mail, has stated that “three babies are accidentally dying every WEEK while sleeping in their parents’ bed with 141 fatalities in the past year alone.” With a damning, misleading headline like that, I thought I’d look at the question “is co-sleeping safe?” Is Co-Sleeping Safe? […]
Should the UK put a ban on smacking children? Or is smacking ok, and parents should be allowed to discipline how they like?
All I can say on this is it’s about bloody time.
Fake Penises. Two words I never thought I would put together as the opening sentence to a blog post. Yet here we are. For some bizarre reason I’m here to talk about how selling fake penises to transgender children under the age of five is maybe going a little bit […]
According to a study by the University of Sheffield, mothers should be offered a cash incentive to encourage breastfeeding.
The scheme, which was launched in 2014, offered £120 in vouchers to new mothers who breastfed for six weeks, rising to £200 for those who continued for six months. More than 10,000 mothers across South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire participated in the trial which saw an increase of 6% in areas where the scheme was offered, compared to areas where the scheme was not.