Why cohabiting couples should not get the same rights as married couples
(photo credit BBC) It’s a situation that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. After 23 years and four children together, Siobhan McLaughlin’s partner died leaving her to cope on her own. I’ve been married for over 32 years and can’t imagine the awfulness of losing the person who is closest to me. So I have a great […]
Mummy’s boys and Daddy’s girls: Teenage mental health
Our growing mental health crisis is often presented as a recent problem. Too much social media . Too much exam pressure. Casting blame on factors over which we have little control makes us all feel better. Blame social media. Blame the Department for Education. In other words blame anyone but us. However it should be […]
Keeping mum boosts mental health, teens told
PRESS RELEASE FROM MARRIAGE FOUNDATION Date: 02 August 2018 Keeping mum boosts mental health, teens told Mummy’s boys may be the butt of jokes and subject to name-calling, but they actually fare better in roughing out the challenges of teenage life than those more detached from their mother’s apron strings. New research by Marriage Foundation, […]