Growing up is a risky business
My twelve-year-old son, Ollie, came home from his Spanish school, talking about a great trip he’d just had, visiting a newspaper printing works and a radio station in Palma. Did I have a problem with...
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Nothing will stop a Chinese person giving advice on your pregnancy
Did you know about the dangers of cycling while pregnant? If you can imagine the tone of a single-issue political party meeting, you’ll have a sense of the obsessive and mildly eccentric tone of...
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Bring your child to work day takes on new meaning in China
Kids are always the centre of attention – even at work “We cancelled his swimming lesson, as my husband told me we had to come his office party,” said my British friend in a perplexed tone, as we...
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French nursery schools: three years without the three Rs
All ready for school Today, we dropped the twins off at Maternelle (nursery school) for the first time. At three years old, their big blue eyes full of nervous expectation and their little blonde...
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Thanks goodness France doesn’t share the UK’s paedophile paranoia
When walking the uneven streets of my town, I’m often stopped as other pedestrians comment on my kids, tickle them or simply give them a kiss. Like any mother, I’m proud when someone tells me that my...
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