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'My son is totally cool with Mum being gay': Jack Monroe on life as a non-binary parent In an interview with the Telegraph's Juggling Act podcast, the food writer and activist describes the highs and lows of parenthood 18 February 2021 • 11:51am Jack Monroe: 'I want to be treated as a person, not as a woman or a man' Credit: Geoff Pugh As a gay woman, Jack Monroe has had to deal with her fair share of abuse from strangers online, but there was one “incident” with her son that comes to mind as an illustration of some of the difficulties they have faced as a family.

Pregnancy and parenthood are different when you're a woman in your forties Like a growing number of women, MPs Andrea Jenkyns and Stella Creasy had to adapt to the challenges of geriatric pregnancy Andrea Jenkyns and son Clifford, photographed in 2018 Credit: Jeff Gilbert Discovering you're pregnant can be a surprise for lots of women, but for Andrea Jenkyns, it was so unexpected that she took five pregnancy tests to check that the all-important two lines were correct. The initial shock the Conservative MP felt was soon replaced with “complete joy”, but despite the elation she felt at t...

Andrea Jenkyns with her son Clifford in 2018 Credit: Jeff Gilbert For most families, the first few months as new parents can be a bit of a fog. Night feeds, early starts - you’re being pulled in all directions as you adjust to looking after a tiny person who doesn’t understand the benefit of a lie-in. As the months pass, it usually gets better as the baby magically starts to “sleep through”, but for some parents whose child won’t settle or is teething, it can be a difficult combination as they return to work. It’s a situation Andrea Jenkyns, Conservative MP for Morley and Outwood...

Tory politician feels like 'single mum half the week' because of MP demands Andrea Jenkyns highlights difficulties couples face when juggling childcare with busy careers in new Telegraph podcast A conservative politician has described how she feels like a “single mum for half the week” because of the demands of being an MP. Andrea Jenkyns, the MP for Outwood and Morley, has revealed the “challenges” she has faced when based in Yorkshire with her toddler to support her constituents. In an interview with The Juggling Act podcast, which you can listen to on the audio player above, the pr...

Listen to Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith tell The Telegraph's Juggling Act podcast why she wondered if she was 'still as relevant'