Patricia Carswell

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Patricia is a freelance journalist who writes about family and health subjects for a wide range of national magazines, newspapers and websites, including the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, the National and Practical Parenting. She has two sons - a teen and a tween.

Why I'll always be teacher's pet

Learning how to be hip has been a lifetime's work. At school I was the classic girly swot, all neat...

Why I won't spy on my teen online (however tempting!)

Corbis The icon winks at me, goading me to press it. "Go on", it whispers. "What harm could it ...