http://www.motherswhowork.co.uk/cms The lifestyle website for working mums Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:23:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A moment spent working on something else or taking a break altogether allows the brain's unconscious thought process to take over, American psychologists believe. When the brain kicks back into gear, the conscious thought process will pick up on the solution, they found. The discovery was made by a team of ... http://www.motherswhowork.co.uk/cms/2008/10/14/distractions-at-work-could-help-with-problem-solvingtell-that-to-the-boss/ Tracey Crompton has never had a job, and her husband Harry has been out of work for 15 years. Yet the couple live for free in a seven bedroom house with their ten children and receive £32,656 in benefits a year. They even have their own vineyard in their 270ft long garden. In ... http://www.motherswhowork.co.uk/cms/2008/10/14/10-kids-no-job-32000-a-year-in-benefits-3000-worth-of-christmas-presents-wrapped-up-and-countingand-still-moaning/ Worried about your health? Then why not pop into your local pharmacy? That's what the government would like you to do, it seems; it's introducing a number of initiatives to give pharmacists more of the responsibilities of GPs. For instance, pharmacies are able to sell an increasing range of drugs previously ... http://www.motherswhowork.co.uk/cms/2008/10/14/to-trust-our-pharmacists-or-notthat-is-the-question/ Just six weeks after the birth of her first child, actress Zoe Lucker looks to be settling into motherhood nicely. The former Footballers' Wives star, 34, appeared to have lost her baby weight already as she stepped out for a meeting in London earlier today. Dressed in a sleek black shift dress ... http://www.motherswhowork.co.uk/cms/2008/10/14/zoe-lucker-shows-of-baby-daughter/ A judge caused outrage yesterday after he refused to jail a woman who had sex with a 14-year-old boy and instead told her: 'He seduced you.' Sharon Edwards, 40, bombarded the boy with as many as 50 text messages and emails a day, offered to buy him cocaine and regularly lured ... http://www.motherswhowork.co.uk/cms/2008/10/14/married-housewife-who-seduced-14-year-old-boy-walks-free-from-court/ Poorly-behaved children are ruining trips to the pub for a record number of customers, it is claimed. Editors of The Good Pub Guide 2009 have received a record number of complaints from readers about visits to their local watering hole being spoilt by badly behaved children. Feedback from guide readers revealed unchecked ... http://www.motherswhowork.co.uk/cms/2008/10/14/badly-behaved-children-are-ruining-good-pubs-says-the-good-pub-guide/ Your situation isn't unique. Some researchers have identified a pattern in marriage called the W-shaped curve. Marital satisfaction starts high, then it plunges with the birth of a baby. It rises again as the babies become more independent, then plunges again as they become teenagers and everybody is under stress. Read ... http://www.motherswhowork.co.uk/cms/2008/10/13/what-to-do-when-your-partner-loses-interest-in-sex-during-and-after-pregnancy/ Before you read on, have a look in your handbag. Are you carrying more than one of the following: credit card, payslips, cheque book and national insurance number? If the answer is yes, you are leaving yourself open to identity fraud. Imagine someone else driving a brand new car, shopping ... http://www.motherswhowork.co.uk/cms/2008/10/08/is-your-handbag-keeping-your-identity-safe/ Women who take slimming and thyroid pills during pregnancy are substantially more likely to have homosexual children, according to research. A study of thousands of mothers and their adult children has revealed that Thyroxine – used to treat thyroid deficiency – and amphetamine-based diet pills appear to influence sexual orientation. Both ... http://www.motherswhowork.co.uk/cms/2008/10/02/taking-slimming-pills-during-pregnancy-produces-gay-children/ Channel five newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky has given birth to a baby boy. Married to banker Justin Bower,  the couple have not yet named their new son, but mother and baby are said to be doing well. http://www.motherswhowork.co.uk/cms/2008/09/26/natasha-kaplinsky-gives-birth-to-baby-boy/