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Alex Bollen

Alex Bollen
Alex Bollen is a the author of Motherdom: Breaking Free from Bad Science and Good Mother Mythsresearcher with over twenty years of experience, including as a former director of the research agency Ipsos MORI. She is a Postnatal Practitioner with the NCT, the UK’s largest parenting charity, and has been running postnatal groups for new mothers in South West London for over a decade. She is the mother of two children.


Babies Don’t Need to Be Built: Alex Bollen on the Danger of the “Good Mother” Myth

The Author of “Motherdom” Explores Brain Development, Play, and Why Restrictive Moralizing Hurts All Parents
March 20, 2025  By Alex Bollen
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