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We are in today's Morning Papers

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morningpaper · 10/05/2007 10:06

Press Gazette: Mumsnet founder calls for clearer online libel laws

Guardian: Gina Ford wins apology over web postings

Telegraph: The law flounders in the digital age

Telegraph: Cease Fire in Battle of Supermums (And you can Have Your Say! although you probably shouldn't)

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Raising Kids: Gina Ford And Mumsnet Settle

I.T. Law in Ireland (blog): Mumsnet case shows problems with forum liability for member comments

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barbamama · 10/05/2007 13:48

A contribution towards legal costs is not the same as compensation is it surely?

I really do thing GF is the one that has lost out - she has surely alienated a lot of her target audience with her stance.

I was somewhat ambivalent before with ds1 and even used the odd bit out of her books but I have just thrown them all out for upcoming ds2 - I'm sure this has influenced me.

kissi · 15/05/2007 20:15

I am glad that the issue has been resolved. i have never written anything about GF neither in favour, nor against. However, i think that the way GF is attacked is very unfair. i had read her book with great attention when i was still pregnant but when my baby was born i could not apply what she suggested. as baby grew older i tried to apply routine as much as possible and today five months down the line i am a happy mother of a happy baby. Baby eats, sleeps and plays at the same time and she loves it. i feel that some accusations are a result of failure to apply routines? Ultimately sticking to times may restrict parents considerably. GF's methods may not be for everyone but nontheless attacking her is simply unfair.

divastrop · 15/05/2007 20:28

i just find the whole idea of somebody who doesnt have children themselves writing a book on how to bring up a baby laughable personally.

i mean,i like my routines as i have children who need to get to school in the mornings,so i need set bedtimes and i need to know roughly what time the baby will be due a feed cos of the school run etc,but still,i didnt need a book to teach me how to do it

TwoIfBySea · 15/05/2007 20:43

diva, her argument was that working with babies all those years made her an expert.

I worked as a nanny for 5 years. I can tell you straight up that it doesn't make you an expert and it doesn't prepare you for dealing with your own baby.

Then again, I did work for only two families. They liked me so kept me on, I didn't have to move from family to family!

deestingsduznotappen · 15/05/2007 20:48

Feeding on demand gives your baby colic - clearly !

Kevlarhead · 15/05/2007 20:58

Does this mean we can start ripping into her, or will anything stronger than "I personally believe Gina Ford may not be entirely correct" attract the attack dogs and lawyers?

Kevlarhead · 15/05/2007 21:03

Not that I have an opinion about her child -rearing methods, just believe if you're going to put yourself in the public eye over an emotive subject, you should expect to catch some flak, and not start a vicious legal action against a soft target.

Whoa... is that a lawyer circling overhead? Better shut up.

KerryMum · 15/05/2007 21:05

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paulaplumpbottom · 15/05/2007 21:08

I deman fed any my DD never got colic, hardly ever cried

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MrsDiorKeanuReeves · 15/05/2007 21:12

Kevlar - I think we are allowed to talk about GF methods, but not her as a person. HTH

PErsonally, I never felt the need to discuss her and still don't

paulaplumpbottom · 15/05/2007 21:14

I can see how someone with no children could offer such advise but what I can't understand is that a mother would follow it

yogimum · 15/05/2007 21:36

her books were written from a maternity nurses prospective. Remember she was trying to sell a book. It was on my reading list when I did my training though they weren't endorsing it. We were told to read it because surprisingly many mothers (those who can afford a maternity nurse) want to do her routines. As a maternity nurse it is probably a little more realistic to be able to follow a more rigid routine, as a mother less so. I took bits from her book that worked for me, didn't necessarily agree with all of it.

divamumplusbump · 15/05/2007 22:16

for very simple reason i never bought or will not be buying ms gina`s books. i dont know why ppl buy probably we will better write our very own mumsnet knows best book about sleeping, feeding, potty tarining our kids.

paulaplumpbottom · 15/05/2007 22:46

How would that work? We can't agree on any of those things

TwoIfBySea · 15/05/2007 23:33

Well if anyone wants to try it her book is in the bargain section at Amazon for £3.

There you go.

KerryMum · 15/05/2007 23:36

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overdraft · 15/05/2007 23:38

sad Mumsnet was my little secret

tatt · 16/05/2007 00:20

To accept advice you need to have respect for the person offering it. I have no respect for Ms Ford after the way she has behaved over this.

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