Great Gina Ford article in yesterday's ST!!

[FairyMum]

Did anyone read the article by Gina Ford in yesterday's ST about working mums ? I thought it was great and I am sure many of you will appreciate her comment to India Knigt. I am not very good with inserting links, but if you go to www.timesonline.co.uk/ and searchf ro Gina Ford, you can read the article

[madgirl]

thanks fairy mum for that- have printed off and will digest on tube journey home!

[twiglett]

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[ghengis]

What a great article.

[Jimjams]

I'm with twigglett. I thought GF's was a but simplistic- but that the spare rib one was really thought provoking. Yet to be swayed by GF I'm afraid (Joke!!!)

[aloha]

GF's article made me feel a bit guilty - did she mean Mumsnet???

[Crunchie]

Wow those articles are great!! I didn't think I ever applaud GF for sounding like the voice of sanity

It does make you feel guilty that we often vilified GF at times (personally I think her practices are interesting and I certainly found little bits really useful in trying to establish routines - but I used my initiative). Ulitimately there are so many parenting 'gurus' and I guess you follow the one that suits you.

[aloha]

GF's article made me feel a bit guilty - did she mean Mumsnet???

[aloha]

Doh!

[GeorginaA]

That was a brilliant article, FairyMum - thanks for sharing.

[Jimjams]

I thought that at first aloha- but I suspect she meant Amazon.

[SueW]

Interesting article but I'm not sure she's saying anything new! Haven't we all been saying on here for years that the important thing is that mum is happy with the childcare arrangements she's made if she's returning to work? The problem often comes when the childcare arrangements don't match up to her expectations and the guilt comes along.

I'm not sure about GF's grammar (or that of the sub-editor): 'Yet there could be no one in the world who loved their mother more than me.'

[FairyMum]

No, she is not saying anything new (nor is the Spare rib article). Just nice to agree with something in the Sunday papers for a change......

[CafeCroissant]

can I confess please? I have NEVER read anything by Gina Ford.

Phew that's a weight off my conscience.

I just make it up as I go along

[elena2]

Great article...there can never be enough articles regarding this IMO.
Shoots women like India Knight down in flames!

[bloss]

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[Hulababy]

Read this too and was impressed after all the recent bad press working mums have had. Not really into the whole GF myself but what she wrote did make sense.

The thing that did stike a chord with me was her comment about people giving her hard time for giving child rearing advice without having children. The next bit about her actually wanting children and it hurting was pretty heartfelt I think.

[suedonim]

I thunk you can only get into the site if you're in the UK, Bloss, otherwise you have to pay.

I liked GF's bit where she says she's changed her mind about working mums, over the years. Maybe she'll do the same about her regimes, given time.

[salt]

Can I just ask - who is Gina Ford?!?!?

I've seen her name plastered all over the site but I have no idea who she is - have to say I don't read childcare books... is she like that Miriam Stoppard woman?

[lazyeye]

Yeah M Stoppard bks always sound like shes cut and pasted from stuff off the internet - like a school project or something. Talk about the bleedin' obvious. Prefer P Leach meself.

[Evansmum]

Miriam Stoppard known by derogatory names in our house due to stupid 'advice' (reads more like orders) including 'breast fed babies don't need to be winded' and telling pregnant women they can't have sugar in their tea... oh, and they should wear smocks!

[popsycal]

lazyeye...p leach....?????
i think that i am with you here,,,???