Genevieve Roberts

Text: What teachers really think of gentle parenting Image: One school teacher has observed that children don’t have respect for authority and won’t go to a lesson if it causes stress (Photo: Skynesher/ Getty Images)

Primary and secondary school educators report that behaviour among pupils is deteriorating - some believe guilty working parents are now afraid to say no to their children

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28.02.2025 11:29 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

As research from psychologists reveals that childhood attitudes might be responsible for the pay gap between men and women, @GenevieveRoberts.bsky.social speaks to experts about what to do differently

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29.01.2025 18:57 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

This was fun to write - hurry up spring - my latest outnumbered column for @theipaper - thanks for commissioning @oliwalmsley and for the brilliant advice @anitacleare_parenting @annamathur @learnhappy_co

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08.01.2025 14:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Janet Ellis: My children gave me a hard time for working ‘Having any sort of job gives you value in a way your children can’t measure,’ the broadcaster and author tells Genevieve Roberts, The i Paper’s parenting columnist

Absolutely loved chatting to @missjanetellis for @theipaper: “Women in power: don’t pull the rope up”

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01.01.2025 16:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My daughter loves Disney princesses – I fear I’ve failed as a mother Keira Knightley has vetoed her daughter from watching fairytales and 89 per cent of parents believe they perpetuate gender stereotypes. Genevieve Roberts shares the same anxiety

Pantomimes, fairytales and problematic narratives - my column for @theipaper

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05.12.2024 11:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Why I decided to have a baby alone seven years ago (then another) The number of single women having fertility treatment has more than tripled in a decade. It was the best thing I ever did, says Genevieve Roberts. And Liv Thorne gives her advice

Why I decided to have a baby alone seven years ago (then another) for @thetimes.com - photo by @northydp.bsky.social

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05.12.2024 11:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Never been happier to be a middle class woman of a certain age

03.12.2024 16:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sentimental Moment or Why Did the Baguette Cross the Road? Don't fill up on bread I say absent-mindedly The servings here are huge My son, whose hair may be receding a bit, says Did you really just say that to me? What he doesn't know is that when we're walking together, when we get to the curb I sometimes start to reach for his hand —Robert Hershon

This wrecks me—every single time.

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The truth about how often parents have sex Comedian Russell Kane says he’s ‘physical’ with his wife four or five times a week - but if you're doing it less than that, you're not alone

➡️ How often do you have sex? After Russell Kane told me he gets ‘physical’ four or five times a week, I did a little research into the sex lives of parents for my weekly Outnumbered column for the i paper inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

20.11.2024 15:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0