Monthly Archives: March 2018

What advice do we give to children that we need to give ourselves as adults? 1.  Distraction “ooh look, look what’s over here” Adults distract children from tears and pain.  How we can we distract ourselves in a positive way?  What can we control in any situation and where are we placing our focus. 2.  Playtime “Go and let off some of that energy and have some fun” What do you do to have fun?  Children tend to be more active but their playtime is fun filled and active.  We need to laugh more as adults, the physical and emotional [...]

Let’s be honest, the stereotypes that men don’t show their feelings, or talk about them either, must have stemmed from some kind of truth and experience in society at some point, otherwise how does anything become a stereotype in the first place?   However, when it comes to attitudes towards mental health, and our ability to talk specifically about this serious area of health and wellbeing, perhaps we are still living within the boundaries of these stereotypes, and colluding with society’s view about men in general! The Men’s Health Forum1 is a registered charity based in London and their mission is [...]

In 1992 ITV brought “Men Behaving Badly” to our living rooms.  It was a tongue in cheek, light hearted parody of male stereotypes that jumped on the band wagon of society laughing at the somewhat clumsy, unskilled, care-free behaviour of young men in 1990’s England – and which coincided with BBC2’s tongue in cheek light hearted parody of female stereotypes programme “Absolutely Fabulous”, which oddly enough depicted the somewhat clumsy, unskilled, care-free behaviour of two early middle aged women (including a mother) in 1990’s England – but which, it seems, society rather more embraced than laughed at! Harmless “Men Behaving [...]