Mum, will you ever finish that novel?

January 12, 2010

I read a very interesting article with the above title, in The Times while I was in the health club enjoying a large cappuccino and a large white choc chip cookie. I usually take an 80 calorie Special K bar with me for after my ‘workout’ but today I forgot, so had to buy the cookie.

But I digress. The article was about the effect of creative mums on the development of their offspring. Daphne du Maurier, apparently, was a very distant parent who was so completely obsessed with her writing, she took very little notice of her girls at all. In contrast, other creative families involve their children and spouses very much in their creative lives and process.

There are advantages and downside to that approach.

The article gave a few pointers about surviving life with a creative parent or spouse. I was going to print it off and leave it in the bathroom, next to Top Gear and Runners World…

I wish I could find a link to it but the G2 website doesn’t appear to have the story yet. However they did have this piece, almost as interesting.

Do you agree with the Guardian’s Top 5O television dramas of all time? I mean, Grange Hill? Really? And where the heck is Bad Girls?

Thank you to Laura Vivanco for the correct link to the article.

Comments

1. On January 15th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
   Laura Vivanco Says:
   

   Phillipa, are you sure you didn’t see the article in The Times? I did a bit of Googling and they published an article on the 12th, titled ‘Mum, will you ever finish that novel?‘ and subtitled ‘Is growing up as the child of a creative parent a boon or a burden?’

2. On January 21st, 2010 at 7:24 am
   Phillipa Says:
   

   Thanks for the link, Laura. I knew I’d read it somewhere!