Elsie Button

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Elsie Button writes for various parenting publications, both online and print. She moved from London to the countryside in 2003 with her husband, and they now have two young daughters. She also writes a parenting blog: http://elsiebutton.blogspot.com

Why would anyone watch childbirth unless they had to?

Is it just me, or is watching labouring women on TV a completely unenjoyable experience? The...

The Primary Days: Childhood sweethearts?

Betty, at the tender age of five, has become completely obsessed with marriage to boys in her class.

The Primary Days: End of summer angst

Why I’m dreading the strict routine of going back to school after a long and lazy summer spending...

The Primary Days: Goodbye Reception, Hello Year 1

We have just two weeks left of Reception, after which we enter proper national curriculum...

The Primary Days: Playground politics

Even at the age of 37 years old, the school playground reduces me to a paranoid wreck - in true...