Stereotypes

latest stereotypes news and features

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  Stop stereotyping boys and girls!

  Did you read Ursula Hirschkorn’s recent Parentdish feature entitled Why I am Glad I Don’t have...

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  Don't call my daughter a tomboy!

  My four-year-old daughter plays football. She refuses to wear dresses, wants her hair cut short and...

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  Young People of the Year Awards: One dad's battle to change our paranoid perceptions of...

  Oct 23rd, 2012

  It’s a scenario familiar to us all. On your way home, you see a group of teenagers standing around...

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  Jewish Mum of the Year: Does motherhood really fall into cultural stereotypes?

  Is there any truth in national stereotypes of motherhood? And is it helpful to identify with those...

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  Naughty, sporty, arty? Why we must stop labelling our children

  When someone asks about my children, I always find myself describing them a certain way. There's...

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  Children's books that beat the gender stereotypes

  It doesn’t always have to be mum stays at home and dad goes to work. We look at the top ten...

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  Baby name angst: Will my child resent her name when she's an adult?

  I would say this of course but my two-year-old daughter is gorgeous, bright, and the owner of a...

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  Saira Khan: My four-year-old son is a salesman in training!

  Saira Khan was runner-up on the first series of The Apprentice. Now mum to Zac, four, and adopted...

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  Please let's stop the tacky stereotypes for children

  LEGO infuriated parents this new year by launching a 'Friends' range targeting girls which is set...

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