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Family

How to find your solo parent power

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There are 1.6 million single mothers in the UK and yet it remains difficult to find the right support, so journalist Amy Rose teamed up with clinical psychologist Dr Emma Cotterill to write a book on how to boost your emotional wellbeing as a single mum…

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Contributing Writer 1st March 2022
Family

Mothers feel conflicted: they want nothing, they want it all

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When Annie Ridout’s poem ‘what I want’ went viral, she realised it’s because it’s not just her feeling conflicted; it’s all mothers…

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Annie Ridout 26th October 2021
Family

We need to teach our children that shyness is OK

shy children
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There is nothing wrong with shyness in children. In fact, shy children often do well at school, are better behaved, listen attentively to others and are easier to look after. So let’s stop trying to change them…

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Annie Ridout 21st May 2021
Family

Why I wrote Lila and the Skies – a children’s book about mindset

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Annie Ridout was concerned about the impact the pandemic was having on her children’s mental health, so she started telling them stories about the magical things we can do when we believe in ourselves…

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Annie Ridout 6th May 2021
Family

Children need boundaries, discipline and to understand the word NO

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There’s something Annie Ridout is finding increasingly frustrating. Why are parents no longer telling their kids the difference between right and wrong, and that it’s not OK to hurt other children?

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Annie Ridout 3rd November 2020
Family

When your kid has a lie-in so you assume he is seriously ill

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A child having a lie-in should be cause for celebration. So why do we instead start panicking that there’s something seriously wrong, and preparing ourselves for a trip to A&E?

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Annie Ridout 27th May 2020
Family

Divorce: doing it for the kids

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“For our children to thrive, they need to witness their parents living happy, fulfilled lives. For some people, it may be that marriage problems are compromising their happiness.” Divorce coach Lucy Williamson on why separating is sometimes the best thing for the kids…

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Annie Ridout 8th April 2020
Family

Why mothers work while they’re on holiday

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A new culture of taking annual leave to catch up with a mounting workload got Annie Ridout thinking about why mothers end up working while on family holidays. Here’s are some possible reasons they take work away with them…

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Annie Ridout 20th February 2020
Family

I didn’t know what an ectopic pregnancy was until I had one

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When Scarlett Russell discovered she was pregnant, she and her partner Chris were delighted – they had conceived quickly. But they soon discovered the pregnancy was ectopic and a harrowing process began…

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Contributing Writer 24th September 2019
Family, Work Life

There’s one reason I’m finding third-time motherhood quite easy

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Initially, on becoming pregnant with her third baby, Annie Ridout was overjoyed. But then the panic set in: how was she going to look after three kids and a new business? Fortunately, it’s all working out rather nicely… 

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Annie Ridout 6th September 2019

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