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Julia Frogspawn  Work-Life Balance  The Womans Hour Riposte...

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extremelychocolateymilkroll · 12/01/2009 13:19

Jane Garvey and Barbara Want lay into her here.

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moondog · 15/01/2009 19:33

Is Frogspawn coming in for a chat??
Oh what fun!

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extremelychocolateymilkroll · 15/01/2009 17:11

The only reason I can see for Frogspawn to exist is for her to spawn such interesting comments. Agree that Barbara Want should be invited on for a webchat but only after Frogspawn as that would be SUCH fun

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Grammaticus · 14/01/2009 19:39

The one on R4 isn't really called Frogspawn!! Think it's Hobsbaum or somthing like.

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nappyaddict · 14/01/2009 10:07

Presuming it's a piss take. She only posts very inflammatory comments so whatever she's said to piss her off ignore her.

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lottiejenkins · 14/01/2009 10:05

Is the poster JuliaFrogspawn that posts on here the woman that was on Radio 4 then or it is a piss take name? Only the JFS name on here has just seriously pissed me off!

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nappyaddict · 14/01/2009 10:00

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CrushaGrape · 14/01/2009 08:36

I had a look at Frogspawn's website; I don't really understand what kind of clients would use her 'editorial intelligence' services; it seems a bit lame, but then I don't really get the complexities of the PRey type world. As an introductory paragraph to their services, the following sounds neither intelligent nor edited:

"We read hundreds of thousand [sic] of words of comment and opinion published each day in the UK in print and on blogs to bring our clients ? by 9 am each weekday - a summary of all the arguments and opinion."

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moondog · 14/01/2009 08:29

I've heard about you and this scrapbooking malarkey.

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morningpaper · 14/01/2009 08:28

oooh yes

last night I was scrapbooking at the table while DD was doing homework next to me

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moondog · 14/01/2009 08:24

Ooh, Northern, what about me?
Last night had dd doing maths homework, ds doing some number work, making a Chinese pork belly dish and talking to colleague on the phone simultaneously. Dh 5 thousand miles away.

I just call it life, not 'juggling' or 'seesawing' or crap like that.

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CrushaGrape · 13/01/2009 23:32

Northernlurker: "Julia started off by saying parents had to ask for flexible working but there was no right to it. If your child is under six you have the statutory right to request it in fact - though it may not be granted."

I just listened to this piece and I think this was Julia's point - that you can request flexible working, but you have no right to receive flexible working. She agrees with you; she knows there is a right to request FW. What she wants to see is more people actually being granted it.

I'm not defending the woman or anything; the interviews she gave in the weekend papers were excruciating, and she didn't do a good job of defending her position on WH. I wonder how many copies she'll sell. Very few, I imagine.

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Northernlurker · 13/01/2009 23:19

I think I should write a book actually - i did the most brilliant bit of mothering tonight. Dd3 needed a bath. She wasn't keen, I was knackered - then realised I also needed a bath - ok so it was 6.46pm but who's counting. Got in with her - which freaked her out totally No fuss, no bother, both of totally clean - how's that for multi-tasking -balancing-a-delicate-load-whilst-standing-on-a-see-saw Julia? I tell you - I should write a book!