What’s it like being a larger mum during pregnancy? How do the choices you are offered affect your experience of pregnancy and labour? We are a group of plus-sized mums who would like to understand more about labour and pregnancy for people…
What happens when you gather together a group of parents who support children who avoid food? You discover that they have a lot of questions! Our members’ children have a wide range of issues including extreme selective eating (eating only…
Are vegetables really so much nastier than sugary or salty tastes? Is texture the biggest turn-off? Do we inherit our sensory sensitivities? These are some of the questions that Mealtime Hostage Parenting Science Gang explored with Dr Helen Coulthard of De…
Image: Benjamin Manley on Unsplash Judi: Hi – I’m happy to ‘meet’ you all! I am a professor of psychology at the University of Rochester, in Rochester, New York. My research focuses on adolescent-parent relationships and on parenting. I’m eager…
Image: Piron Guillaume on Unsplash Is there a middle way between home education and full-time school? We, the Dumfries and Galloway Parenting Science Gang, know that many parents in Scotland choose for their children to attend school part-time and spend the rest of…
What’s going to happen at our final event? We’re not exactly sure yet, but here are the things that we do know. It will be Saturday 10th November – Sunday 11th November, approximately lunchtime to lunchtime. It will take place…
The story so far: Big Birthas Parenting Science Gang are interested in the experiences that larger mums have during labour, specifically the choices that they are offered or not offered. But how to research this? Enter Dr Michael Larkin to…
Big Birthas Parenting Science Gang were delighted to chat to Dr Sophie Relph about her proposed research into uncomplicated pregnancies amongst larger mothers. Image: Cristian Newman Sophie: Good evening everyone! I am a trainee obstetric doctor by background, but currently working…
Mealtime Hostage Parenting Science Gang is delighted to be collaborating with Professor Jackie Blissett (Aston) and Dr Terry Dovey (Brunel) in a research project looking at feeding disorders. But what exactly do we want to find out and how will…
Big Birthas Parenting Science Gang are interested in waterbirths and whether mothers with a high BMI have difficulty accessing them. So we were overjoyed to speak to Dianne Garland, an experienced midwife who has been training others about water births…