Tag: The Guardian newspaper

• Give Sorrow Words

  It is fairly intuitive to suspect that parental mental health has an effect on both infant and childhood development. Indeed there is a widespread attempt to address the issue with the use of evaluative tests such as the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale to identify or even anticipate and take action to ameliorate the problem. It […]

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  April 17, 2019

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  depression, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Elisa Psouni, Lund University in Sweden, paternal postnatal depression, post-partum depression, prenatal visits, The Guardian newspaper

• The Thousand Natural Shocks

  I guess I should have seen it coming, but I am a creature of an epoch that craved the security of its boundaries, liked the certainty of its labels, the comfort of knowing where things stood. I am older now, and can accept the confluence of sides. I live in the wake of new ideas. […]

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  February 21, 2018

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  Bethnals, Chloe Crowe, fashion, GFW Clothing, Katharine Hamnett, Lisa Honan, non-discrepant dressing, non-gender-specific clothing, The Guardian newspaper, Unisex clothing, Yeats

• The Venus Figurine

  Pregnancy has always had a sacred place in mythology. From the Palaeolithic Venus figurines, to the various stories of deities born from virgins, pregnancy has been cloaked in mystery and draped in awe –the curious interregnum separating being from non-being. That special state when the woman is suddenly not alone in her body, and then, […]

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  January 17, 2018

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  African proverb, Angela Saini, crying babies, maternal instinct, motherhood, mothers, mythology, obstetrician, post-partum check, pregnancy, The Guardian newspaper, venus figurines

• Zealandia?

  Sometimes things are not as they seem and we see, as the biblical Paul wrote, ‘through a glass darkly’. Sometimes there is more than meets the eye; it is what makes the world so interesting. Maybe it’s why we wrap gifts –or give them, for that matter. They are such stuff as dreams are made […]

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  July 5, 2017

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  Aotearoa, bacteria, continents, Geological Society of America, gift wrapping, gifts, Gondwana, GSA, GSA Today, Gynaecology, hand sanitizers, infection, medicine, microbiome, New Zealand, satellite-derived bathymetric data, The Guardian newspaper, Triclosan, Zealandia

• From the Mouths of Babes

  We take a lot for granted, don’t we? As parents we assume responsibility both for the wellbeing of our children and also their voice. Somebody has to, and obviously we, as their adult guardians, are better able to decide what’s best for them than they are –especially when they are young and inexperienced. It’s hard […]

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  March 1, 2017

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  American Academy of Pediatrics, British Columbia, HPV and vaccination, immunization, informed consent, male exclusion for HPV vaccination, mature minor, Medical consent, The Guardian newspaper, vaccination, vaccination in schools