{"id":138424,"date":"2023-07-21T16:23:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T09:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/we-all-want-better-for-our-children-than-we-had-but-britains-housing-crisis-is-crushing-that-dream-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T16:42:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T09:42:54","slug":"we-all-want-better-for-our-children-than-we-had-but-britains-housing-crisis-is-crushing-that-dream-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/we-all-want-better-for-our-children-than-we-had-but-britains-housing-crisis-is-crushing-that-dream-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett\/","title":{"rendered":"We all want better for our children than we had \u2013 but Britain\u2019s housing crisis is crushing that dream | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOur rental situation is better than most, yet we still found ourselves scrubbing mould from the windows to protect our son\u2019s tiny lungsBefore we decided to have a baby, I thought a lot about what being a mother would be like, but there were some respects in which my imagination failed me. Both are related to my living environment. I live in a first-floor flat with quite a few steps leading up to the front door from street level, and it did not occur to me that this would be what might politely be termed a \u201ccomplete and utter ball-ache\u201d, both in respect of getting myself and the baby outside, but also his many effects, meaning it requires at least two trips and, unless I am using the Babyzen Yoyo, which is extremely light, the assistance of my husband or sometimes my very kind neighbour. Without that pram and someone there to assist, I\u2019d basically be housebound, which makes me feel pathetic and a tad vulnerable. (For a while I could pop the baby on a blanket in the communal hall while lugging the pram down the steps, but now that he is mobile he\u2019s on a kamikaze mission to go headfirst after me.)The other was toys. For some reason, I had not realised that there would be so many toys, and that not tripping over those toys in the dark at 3.55am when retrieving a bottle would become quite key.Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett is a Guardian columnist Continue reading…
\n
\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…We all want better for our children than we had \u2013 but Britain\u2019s housing crisis is crushing that dream | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our rental situation is better than most, yet we still found ourselves scrubbing mould from...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-A0E","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":89782,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ticket-for-life-baby-born-on-saudia-flight\/","url_meta":{"origin":138424,"position":0},"title":"Ticket for life? Baby born on Saudia flight","date":"May 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A baby born on a Jet Airways flight between Dammam and Kochi last year was granted a free life-time travel pass\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Ticket for life? Baby born on Saudia flight","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":76446,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/baby-gear-operation-tipped-to-grow\/","url_meta":{"origin":138424,"position":1},"title":"Baby gear operation tipped to grow","date":"January 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Baby on the Move Auckland Central, a Grey Lynn business specialising in children's car seats, is for sale.LINK Business sales agent Nick Stevens describes the boutique operation as a profitable multi-layered business; one having...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Baby gear operation tipped to grow","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":102542,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/opinion-retirement-options-for-baby-boomers\/","url_meta":{"origin":138424,"position":2},"title":"Opinion: Retirement options for baby boomers","date":"December 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r BABY boomers sang along with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, made space in their living rooms for the television, challenged the way we viewed race, religion and war, saw the introduction of contraception and planned parenthood...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Opinion: Retirement options for baby boomers","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":72101,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/blaming-baby-boomers-wont-put-roofs-over-young-peoples-heads-sajid-simon-jenkins\/","url_meta":{"origin":138424,"position":3},"title":"Blaming baby boomers won\u2019t put roofs over young people\u2019s heads, Sajid | Simon Jenkins","date":"November 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r He\u2019s taken sides with millennials, in a debate that has become about avocados. If he wanted to solve the housing \u2018crisis\u2019 he would boost social housingIf in doubt, blame someone else. Sajid Javid\u2019s solution to the \u201chousing crisis\u201d is to accuse the baby-boomer bourgeoisie of south-east England of antagonising\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":94849,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/baby-food-brightens-the-outlook-for-reckitt-benckiser\/","url_meta":{"origin":138424,"position":4},"title":"Baby food brightens the outlook for Reckitt Benckiser","date":"July 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Baby food brightens the outlook for Reckitt Benckiser","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":106560,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cory-booker-wants-to-give-baby-bonds-to-every-newborn-heres-how-that-would-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":138424,"position":5},"title":"Cory Booker wants to give 'baby bonds' to every newborn. Here's how that would work","date":"April 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Booker's so-called baby bonds proposal, which has quickly become a centerpiece of his campaign, would provide every child born in the U.S. with a $1,000 savings account.\r \r Source : cnbc.com\r Read more...Cory Booker wants to give 'baby bonds' to every newborn. Here's how that would work","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}