Emily Writes: Is the advice on co-sleeping actually realistic?
Are we getting the right advice on co-sleeping? Spinoff Parents Editor Emily Writes is concerned some of the safety messages out there aren't aligned with the reality of parenting.
Emily Writes
Emily Writes is editor of The Spinoff Parents. She is a mother of two, the best-selling author of Rants in the Dark - From One Tired Mama To Another, writer and speaker. Email her on emily@thespinoff.co.nz
Emily Writes: The birds, bees, Boomers, and banging
Spinoff Parents editor Emily Writes listened to RNZ's new podcast BANG! on sex and sexuality and thinks it'll be a hit with parents. The first episode tackled talking about the birds and the bees with your babies.
The Spinoff Reviews New Zealand #41: the website of radio station The Rock
We review the entire country and culture of New Zealand, one thing at a time. Today: Emily Writes reviews The Rock's website because usually she loves The Rock.
Emily Writes: We have a post-natal depression epidemic and it’s killing mothers
The latest episode of TV One documentary series Inside My Mind focused on the mental health of mothers. For Spinoff Parents editor Emily Writes, watching it was both a draining, painful experience and a wake-up call about the epidemic of PND in New Zealand.
Emily Writes: How to survive the school holidays
Spinoff Parents editor Emily Writes has all the tips you need to get you through the last half of the July school holidays.
Emily Writes: How to survive severe sleep deprivation – by someone who is living it
Spinoff Parents editor Emily Writes hasn't slept for a long time. If you're as exhausted as she is, she has some tips for getting through.
Emily Writes on the couch with a clinical psychologist
Spinoff Parents editor Emily Writes is an anxious mess, which is why she’s constantly talking about mental health in mothers and the need to get help if you need it. She spoke to a clinical psychologist who specialises in treating mothers with anxiety and depression and other mental health issues.
Emily Writes: Five things parents need to stop doing right now
It's late at night and you're looking for parenting advice online, there seems to be 20 lists of five things you shouldn't be doing as a parent. Spinoff Parents Editor Emily Writes has no qualifications but she does have a top five list for you.
Emily Writes: Lessons from almost being hit by a bus
If you died tomorrow, what advice would you leave your kids? Spinoff Parents editor Emily Writes reflects on her life in typically melodramatic fashion.
Emily Writes: Surviving Wine Mum Night
When mums get a night off, it's a big deal. Spinoff Parents editor Emily Writes delves deep into the Wine Mum Night phenomenon with an anatomy of a night out without husbands, wives or children.
