Tip: take a leaf from Kemi Badenoch’s book and marry a banker
ne of the things about writing a parenting column is that expectant parents sometimes ask me for advice, as strange as that may seem to those who actually know me . My advice is mostly the usual stuff: support the head, pat their bums; never refuse an offer of help or a chance to sleep; and don’t worry about nappy changes because any phobia of foul smells and runny fluids will quickly be replaced with a fear of everything on earth that can damage the fragile little person you’re in charge of.
I have been writing this column for six and a half years and I have never once mentioned how financially perilous it has been, mainly because I’m aware that other people have it much worse. I also find it boring and embarrassing to write about my money worries full stop, and have an inkling that readers might feel the same reading about it.
But ignoring money entirely becomes, itself, irresponsible. There have been many months – years in fact – where it has been the single biggest parenting issue in my life, and not being clear about this is negligent. Baby formula costs £17 and, here in the sixth richest country on the planet, shops routinely keep it security-tagged.
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