I CAN remember in my senior years, my mother had to go and help my older sister for a couple of weeks who was expecting a baby. I was left to attend school, work part-time, pay the bills, get the groceries, cash cheques and catch cabs. And mind my teenage … Continue reading
Category Archives: Social commentary
Breast is best … for dolls
SEX, periods, masturbating, the birth process… all natural rites of passage for most. But do children need to role play such things? No. So, I feel, it should be with breastfeeding. Breasfeeding is natural and I fully support women who won’t be locked up in the public loos to do it. … Continue reading
Young mums need funds
THEY are teenagers, but they’re not your teenagers, Prime Minister Gillard, and penalising them for not participating in study, training or work, smacks of Big Brother (Welles’ 1984, not Endemol Star productions) tactics. I believe in tough love, which is how Gillard is describing this proposal. But if a teenager has … Continue reading →