A Guide to Subversive Parenting


Thursday 26 May 2011	A Guide to Subversive Parenting


Jennie Bristow Rule 7: Have a merry Christmas Ignore the killjoys kicking up a fuss about pester power, toys-as-consumerism and secret paedophiles in Santa suits: Xmas with kids is fun.

Thursday 8 November 2007
Jennie Bristow Rule 6: There is no right way to ‘Bring Up Baby’ The tantrums generated by the Channel 4 series Bringing Up Baby exposes our screamingly unhealthy obsession with parenting methods.

Wednesday 29 August 2007
Jennie Bristow Having children can be good for you — and society In No Kids, a work of populist misanthropy, Corinne Maier taps into Western culture’s guilty secret: rhetorically it celebrates kids; actually it fears and dislikes them.

Monday 23 July 2007
Jennie Bristow Rule 4: Get real about nappies (and dustbins) Guide to Subversive Parenting, Rule No.4: Ignore the worthy exhortations to use ‘real nappies’ and wash clothes in cold water.

Tuesday 29 May 2007
Jennie Bristow Rule 3: Pregnancy does not damage your child This month, Jennie Bristow picks apart the hectoring advice that is dished out to pregnant women about everything from food and booze to smoking and hair-dye.

Wednesday 11 April 2007
Jennie Bristow Rule 2: It’s not All About You Jennie Bristow's guide to subversive parenting tackles the proliferation of mummy identities.

Monday 19 March 2007
Jennie Bristow Rule 1: you and your child have the same interests Our monthly column on parenting.
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