motherhood

Outcomes of stigmatising unmarried mothers from magistra 261 days old

[ ... ] make unmarried motherhood shameful: would it have the results that the social conservatives want? First of all, stigmatising unmarried ...

Dead academic walking from magistra 327 days old

I started writing this post near the end of April. The fact that it’s taken me nearly a year to finish it isn’t due to writer’s block in any normal sense. ...

Parents and politics from magistra 410 days old

The resignation of Ruth Kelly from the Cabinet to spend more time with her family brought back thoughts I’d been having after the selection of Sarah ...

Preparing five year-olds for Oxbridge from magistra 446 days old

The comments on a recent post at A Corner of Tenth Century Europe have morphed into a discussion on admissions to Oxbridge and whether or not candidates ...

Academic theory for the very young from magistra 563 days old

A number of my academic books are stored in L’s bedroom, both because they were there first and because there’s nowhere else to put then. As she learns ...

School choice and morality from magistra 584 days old

Choosing the education for your child is obviously a pedagogic matter and also sometimes an economic one. But it's also often a moral matter, as well, ...

Historical periodisation for five-year olds from magistra 627 days old

Since I had a lecture on gender and the Carolingian Renaissance to give today I had to explain to L why I was off early and my husband was taking her ...

You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is... from magistra 886 days old

A while ago L asked me what the biggest number I knew was. There are times when I start to regret that I gave her a semi-truthful answer. The mathematically ...

Middle class feminism and the outsourcing of childcare from magistra 898 days old

An elderly relative of mine was commenting a few week ago about how bright L was and also one of her cousins, my brother’s three-year old. She added ...

More moral confusion from magistra 981 days old

The Guardian currently seems determined (if inadvertently) to confirm all the right-wing stereotypes about liberalism destroying morality, at least in ...