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Emily Writes

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Emily Writes is a writer and speaker, and the best-selling author of the books Rants in the Dark and Is it Bedtime Yet? Sign up to her Substack newsletter at emilywrites.substack.com.

What more could a mum possible want? (Image: Tina Tiller)

The Steve Awards 2024: Honouring the year’s worst Mother’s Day marketing

Out of gift ideas for mum? You can't go wrong with a bottle of toilet cleaner and a new squeegee.

By Emily Writes | 11th May, 2024

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How to tell if your child is well enough to go to school or is in fact sick

Mild headache? School. Severe headache? Home. Don't know how to read your kid's mind? That's your problem.

By Emily Writes | 18th April, 2024

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Emily Writes, host of The Courage Club. (Photo: Supplied)

The podcast nobody wants to listen to

Emily Writes is the host of The Courage Club, a new podcast about kids, disability and sexual safety. It's not as daunting a listen as it sounds.

By Emily Writes | 7th November, 2023

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What to do when your child (Michael Wood) just won’t listen

The former transport minister was asked 12 times to sell his Auckland Airport shares and didn't do it. Emily Writes, a parent, knows exactly what that's like.

By Emily Writes | 7th June, 2023

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Is it time for a rent freeze?

The case for pressing pause on rent increases.

By Emily Writes | 27th April, 2023

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Lou Kelly

In loving memory of Lou Kelly, who cared and hoped and tried

Remembering Lou Kelly, whose reflections on working in an abortion clinic became one of The Spinoff's most-read pieces of all time.

By Emily Writes | 16th February, 2023

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How to be a rich boy

A 'growth mindset' helps. So does being white and male and already wealthy.

By Emily Writes | 17th January, 2023

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An ode to Milo

An ode to Milo

In hospitals and labour wards and care homes across the country, Milo is the drink that helps people hold onto hope.

By Emily Writes | 12th January, 2023

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How to support neurodivergent children – and their parents – this Christmas

Keeping Christmas enjoyable for neurodivergent kids is all in the planning and the pacing.

By Emily Writes | 23rd December, 2022

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Two headlines about the Pharmac announcement (Newshub and Today FM)

Pharmac and a very curious case of media management

Why is Pharmac playing petty media games with life-saving news?

By Emily Writes | 6th December, 2022

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