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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
Essays

When mothering makes working impossible

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Annie Ridout discusses those days when motherhood stands firmly in the way of work. The extra childcare responsibilities, the mental load and the emotions…

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Annie Ridout 22nd June 2021
Essays

I wasn’t angry until I became a mother

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In this essay, Annie Ridout explores her motherhood anger. Some of it stemming from tiredness and some of it, from the fierce protectiveness that arrived with her first baby…

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Annie Ridout 16th June 2021
Essays

But isn’t motherhood hard for us all?

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An essay by Annie Ridout on the reality of being a mother to three young children, in which she challenges the notion that some mothers just breeze through it…

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Annie Ridout 11th June 2021
Family

We need to teach our children that shyness is OK

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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
Features

Motherhood doesn’t need to end your career. It can be the start

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The narrative around new motherhood and work is that a woman can only be a good mother if she forfeits her career. If she continues working, it will damage the mother-child bond. But this needs to change; motherhood and careers don’t need to be mutually exclusive…

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Annie Ridout 16th January 2020
Features

10 Christmas gift ideas for mothers (from independent brands)

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If you’re looking for a Christmas gift for a woman who’s just had a baby, or is expecting one, here are 10 ideas for nourishing, useful and beautiful presents that might appeal to her during this period…

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Annie Ridout 26th November 2019
Mornings

My Early Hour: Sara Vickery-Bragg, founder of Seventeen Minutes

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“As an only child, I’m happy in my own company but I do miss the camaraderie with colleagues, the tea break chats and payday lunches.” Sara Vickery-Bragg, founder of Seventeen Minutes, on mornings and working-from-home…

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Annie Ridout 23rd July 2019
Family

New motherhood is about fitting your own mask first

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Mother-of-four Lou Jones reflects on the early days with her firstborn, postnatal depression after her second baby and the importance of self-care. She shares some tips for new mums who may be feeling a little lost…

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Contributing Writer 8th April 2019
Family

Mothering without a Mother: coping with loss and parenthood

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Four months after her mother died from breast cancer, Rachel Clarke found out she was expecting her first baby. In this moving piece, Rachel describes how it feels to enter motherhood without your own mother there to guide you…

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Annie Ridout 25th January 2019

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