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The UKs no.1 platform for parents. Mumsnet is a social sharing platform thats home to a highly engaged, organic community of 8 million parents. Our scale and our engagement levels are testament to the value we provide to parents who come here to share, learn and grow together as a community. We are, quite simply, a place for parents to talk.. To talk to other parents To talk about real issues To talk about their passions Lets talk about how we can work together to make parents' lives easier.
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Nigel Farage wanted the Clacton by-election to be a contest between him and the establishment. Unfortunately for him, a more convincing outsider popped up: a man with a bin on his head. In our survey of more than 1,000 Mumsnet users, Count Binface beat Farage by more than five to one. That's obviously not a forecast of what will happen in Clacton, but it does tell us something about protest politics. Farage has spent years presenting himself as the insurgent. Against Binface, he suddenly looks rather like the establishment. There is, of course, a serious point beneath the joke. Clacton is a town facing real problems, and laughing at Farage is not the same as addressing the frustrations of the people who vote for him. My latest Dispatch from the Mumsnet frontline looks at Count Binface, Nigel Farage and what happens when the protest candidate gets out-protested https://lnkd.in/eBJJXyPc
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More than 5,000 posts about Andy Burnham, his policies and his new Cabinet appeared on Mumsnet in the space of a few days. The mood is best described as: fair enough, but lets see. People welcome cheaper bus fares, lower electricity bills and action on rough sleeping. Their doubt is whether government still has the money, capacity and competence to deliver. A 2 fare is no use if the bus never comes. A 45 annual saving feels rather less impressive when energy prices are rising again. Burnham has picked problems people genuinely want fixed. Now comes the harder part. https://lnkd.in/eZJWTBhM
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Two reports landed within a week of each other last month. Donna Ockenden's Nottingham inquiry found 520 mothers and babies harmed, 162 of them dead. Baroness Amos's national investigation found recurring failures to listen to women and families. We have been here before. Morecambe Bay. Shrewsbury and Telford. East Kent. Each time: harrowing testimony, a devastating report, ministerial contrition, an action plan with a reassuring name. What never seems to arrive is change. At Mumsnet we analysed 96,440 first-person accounts of women's healthcare posted over the past decade. The same experiences repeat across every specialty and every life stage. Pain dismissed as normal. Symptoms rebranded as anxiety. Perimenopausal women handed antidepressants and statins while the hormone deficiency actually causing their symptoms goes untreated. In our survey, 58% of women said the NHS is institutionally misogynistic, and more than half had avoided seeking care because they expected to be dismissed. The NHS does not have a shortage of reports, recommendations or taskforces. It has a culture problem: it doesn't believe women. I've written about what would genuinely change that, from mandatory training in women's health for all clinicians to properly delivered Women's Health Hubs: https://lnkd.in/eVyMnYkA
Experiences like painful hysteroscopies are not isolated incidents. They are part of a much wider pattern in which womens pain is too often minimised, normalised or treated as something they should simply endure. This goes far beyond any single procedure. Whether theyre seeking help for endometriosis, menopause symptoms, gynaecological conditions or maternity complications, too many women encounter the same barriers. Their symptoms are dismissed, their pain is underestimated and conditions that primarily affect women are too often poorly understood. - Justine Roberts CBE in today's Times. https://lnkd.in/eFcjSsN8
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Why has Labour ended up with a problem with women? I spoke to Iain Dale about the lack of a female leader and why the women's PLP felt they had to put their concerns in writing. It's also the theme of my first Substack post - I'd love you to read it, and subscribe for what's coming next. https://lnkd.in/en5aNnNq
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Very proud of the Mumsnet team today. This is a huge moment for childrens online safety, and for the parents who have been telling us for years that they feel overwhelmed by addictive technology designed to keep children scrolling. Families were too often told this was just about better parenting. It never was. Parents cannot be expected to take on billion-dollar tech companies alone. Thats why we launched Rage Against The Screen, and why todays announcement matters. The hard bit starts now: implementation, enforcement and making sure this commitment lasts beyond the headlines. But today is a very important step. Yay!
The Prime Minister's announcement this morning that social media will be banned for u16s is a huge moment for childrens online safety, and for every parent who has felt powerless in the face of addictive technology designed to keep children scrolling. For too long, families have been told this was simply a matter of better parenting, while billion-dollar companies built products to capture and hold childrens attention for as long as possible, regardless of the effect on their wellbeing. This announcement recognises what parents have been saying for years: that childrens health and happiness must come before the commercial interests of Big Tech. That is why we launched Mumsnets Rage Against The Screen campaign, and why we are delighted that the government has listened to parents, to Mumsnet users and to other campaigners, and chosen to take meaningful action. But this is not the end of the fight. Big Tech will work hard to defend business models built on keeping young people online for as long as possible. The success of these measures will depend on effective implementation, enforcement and regular monitoring. What matters now is that this commitment endures beyond the headlines, and is carried through with the urgency children and families deserve.
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This morning the Prime Minister announced a full social media ban for under-16s. For years, Mumsnet has campaigned for this ban. There were plenty of moments when it felt like we were speaking into an abyss. We were told the Government wasn't interested. We were told it would take years. We were told it wasn't politically possible. But we kept going. We talked to MPs and Ministers. We launched campaigns. We worked with journalists. We gathered evidence from parents. We launched our Phone Addiction campaign with the amazing team at adam&eveDDB Global. We looked for every opportunity to keep the issue in the public eye and keep the pressure on. And, crucially, we weren't alone. Huge credit is due to the organisations and campaigners who refused to let this issue disappear: Smartphone Free Childhood, Health Professionals for Safer Screens, Parentkind, the National Education Union, SafeScreens, Generation Focus, Close Screens Open Minds, and many many others. This happened because thousands of parents, teachers, health professionals, campaigners and young people kept making the case, over and over again, until it became impossible to ignore. There's a Margaret Mead quote I often try to keep in mind: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Today feels like a pretty good reminder of that
The Prime Minister's announcement this morning that social media will be banned for u16s is a huge moment for childrens online safety, and for every parent who has felt powerless in the face of addictive technology designed to keep children scrolling. For too long, families have been told this was simply a matter of better parenting, while billion-dollar companies built products to capture and hold childrens attention for as long as possible, regardless of the effect on their wellbeing. This announcement recognises what parents have been saying for years: that childrens health and happiness must come before the commercial interests of Big Tech. That is why we launched Mumsnets Rage Against The Screen campaign, and why we are delighted that the government has listened to parents, to Mumsnet users and to other campaigners, and chosen to take meaningful action. But this is not the end of the fight. Big Tech will work hard to defend business models built on keeping young people online for as long as possible. The success of these measures will depend on effective implementation, enforcement and regular monitoring. What matters now is that this commitment endures beyond the headlines, and is carried through with the urgency children and families deserve.
"This thing we have in our hands - and we're all addicted to it, it's not just kids - it seems to be having an impact, and that is not something that we can ignore." Alan Milburn's comments will resonate with many parents. For years, Mumsnet users have described social media as addictive, comparing it to cigarettes, gambling and even Class A drugs because of the impact they see on their children. As the government decides whether to restrict access to social media for under 16s, this is yet another reminder that the cost of doing nothing continues to mount. The Prime Minister faces a choice: stand up to Big Tech, or continue leaving families to deal with the consequences. Watch the full interview at the link in comments. #RageAgainstTheScreen #OnlineSafety #RaiseTheAge
moreWhen we launched our Phone Addiction Kills campaign, some people thought comparing social media to cigarettes was a step too far. Parents on Mumsnet disagreed. For years they've described social media as addictive, compared it to smoking and alcohol, and warned that families were being left to tackle a growing public health problem alone. And last week, similar comparisons were drawn by senior doctors and politicians. As the government decides what action to take following their consultation on children's online safety, we're revisiting some of the imagery from that campaign. Parents have helped put this issue on the agenda. Now it's time for the government to show that they're listening. #RageAgainstTheScreen #Parenting #OnlineSafety
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