What to do when toddlers fall for gendered marketing

by Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein

So, it finally happened. There’d been hints of it before (indicating the Play Doh box: “this is for boys AND girls, mummy!”) but it was never outright until the other night. A certain… Read More →

What has been seen, cannot be unseen

by Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein

I was struggling a bit with post ideas this week. In spite of International Women’s Day, and my loose subject here of ‘raising a daughter’, I was feeling out of inspiration. Talking about… Read More →

How Not To Be THAT Parent on Facebook

by Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein

Parenting and social media are a match made in… purgatory? God knows some of it is hellish, and some of it charmingly heavenly. Never mind the issues of privacy, of children’s choices about… Read More →

A Better Resolution: Health at Every Size

by Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein

Unless you’ve been asleep for the first two weeks of the new year – and I wouldn’t blame you for going into hibernation – you will have found it well nigh impossible to… Read More →

Festive Food: No Kids Allowed?

by Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein

At this time of year, there’s only one thing anyone can think about: food. In my household, I feel like it’s always pretty high on the list – our combined Greco-Jewish cultures don’t… Read More →

Feel the Fear… and Parent Anyway

by Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein

At the end of last month, the world was hit with the news of the passing of Susan Jeffers, whose bestseller Feel the Fear… and Do It Anyway has been busy changing people’s lives… Read More →

Hallowe’en: Fighting the Sexy Costume Culture

by Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein

At this time of year, it’s hard to avoid the ugly spectre of sexism and sexualisation that hits you smack in the face (a poltergeist, if you will). Hallowe’en has become one of… Read More →

The Square-Eyed Monster

by Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein

I can’t remember where I read it now, but some advice body or other recommended that children should watch no television at all until they turn two, and that it should be strictly… Read More →

London 2012: Oscar Pistorius and the Endless Debate

by Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein

“He’s such a great guy, a great person, a great ambassador for sport no matter where you’re from. We’ve come to love him in Britain. We see him on posters, commercials… From a… Read More →

Conflict Resolution: Parenting through Grandparents, by Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein

by Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein

My husband and I are tremendously lucky to receive a great deal of family support in bringing up our child. For both of us, not only did it ensure that we got through… Read More →