"When I see washed-out photographs of English life in the 60s and 70s cardiganed grandmothers eating roadside picnics beside Morris Minors, pale men sunbathing in shoes and socks on stripy deckchairs, Raleigh Choppers and caged budgerigars and faux leather pouffes I feel a wave of what can't properly be called nostalgia, because the last thing I'd want is to return to that age and those places where I was often profoundly unhappy and from which I'd have been desperate to escape if escape had been a possibility."
"A backlash against gentle parenting had been brewing for some time and some mothers on social media are advocating a tough, no-nonsense approach to parenting. Does this teach children important lessons or just make them feel isolated and ashamed? Emine Saner on the rise of Fafo parenting. Read more Composite: Guardian/David Levene A special piece on Guardian cartoonists Ella Baron and Martin Rowson saw the pair face off, each producing very different cartoons in response to a prompt about Trump."
Outsourcing decisions to technology and substituting chatbots for human companionship contribute to lives lacking connection and marginalize the natural world. Collective effort will be necessary to rebuild interpersonal and environmental relationships. A social-media backlash against gentle parenting has encouraged some mothers to adopt a tougher 'Fafo' approach, raising questions about whether such toughness teaches resilience or induces isolation and shame in children. Contrasting responses from two cartoonists to a Trump prompt illustrate generational and medium-based differences in political satire. Reflections on 1960s–70s English life evoke complex longing tied to memories of emotional neglect in childhood. A comedian pivoted to softer comedy and achieved renewed success.
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