Break with tradition: Millennials are parenting differently and facing new challenges

“The challenge is raising them and fighting tradition – we are not our mothers,” says Insta-mum Clemmie Hooper, aka Mother of Daughters, of being a millennial parent (a mum born between 1980 and 1995). Every generation likes to think it’s rebelling, but technology and the advent of equality, means today’s new parents – us millennials – actually are. Whether it’s in terms of discipline, equipment, or the role of dad, we are turning tradition on its head.

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Interview with ‘Undercover Boss’ participant Kim Hamilton, Blue Cross CEO

This is an interview I did for Third Sector magazine that appeared in the issue out 20/9/11:

 

 The Blue Cross became the first charity to be featured in Channel 4’s Undercover Boss when Kim Hamilton, its chief executive, posed as a volunteer to appear in an episode in July.

 Production company Studio Lambert asked the animal welfare charity if it wanted to take part in the series, in which bosses assume a false identity to get a taste of life on the front line.

 This raised the prospect of valuable exposure to millions of viewers but also posed a risk to the charity’s reputation if the reality TV show format portrayed it in a bad light. Read More