Liat Hughes Joshi

Features writer

Liat Hughes Joshi is a mum and freelance journalist. She has written for The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, Junior, Mother & Baby and Pregnancy and Birth. She is the author of What to Buy for Your Baby and Raising Children, a guide to parenting primary school age children.

The Parentdish guide to primary school SATs

By Liat Hughes Joshi, May 2, 2012

If you've got a child in year 2 or year 6, you could well be hearing mutterings about SATs (Statutory Assessment Tests) at the school gate in the coming days. Here's our guide.

What NOT to buy for your baby

By Liat Hughes Joshi, Apr 30, 2012

With what seems like a million and one products you could buy for your baby, as a first-time parent-to-be it can be hard to work out which will prove invaluable and which will end up gathering dust

What's new Spring 2012: Baby gear

By Liat Hughes Joshi, Apr 22, 2012

The Parentdish Spring 2012 guide to the latest baby products on the market

No more scary safety pins! The Parentdish guide to modern washable nappies

By Liat Hughes Joshi, Apr 4, 2012

Gone are the days when washable nappies meant folding up terry towelling squares, fixing them with giant, scary-looking safety pins and crossing your fingers that they didn't leak. Washables have moved on enormously since our own mothers' era – many of the modern cloth nappy 'systems' are much easier to use, perform better and look nice and colourful to boot.

Bullyproofing your child

By Liat Hughes Joshi, Mar 24, 2012

There's no magic way to ensure bullying will never happen to your children but there are a few things you can do to at least help prevent it and reduce its impact a little if they end up on the receiving end. Think of it as 'bullyproofing' your child.