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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 9h

PSA: don’t tumble dry your ADHD medication. These should be white 😅

Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Is your child asking to play online games like Roblox? Struggling with how to set fair boundaries with your child’s gaming? Perhaps you want to learn a bit more about their world without actually playing? I got you. I guarantee you’ll learn something in just 20 mins 🤓 youtu.be/NjQOeSmHDBE?...

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Mum, can I play Roblox? Navigating online gaming safety for parents and caregivers - EMF 2026

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Here’s to all those who put the next generation above their immediate self gratification , who keep an eye out, who pay attention, and who love. Here’s to those who made all of us.

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Words aren’t needed to be truly present with someone else creating, and words can get in the way of feeling fully seen. Attention is our greatest resource, and childminders, parents, and old ladies behind you in the supermarket queue, all build our children’s belief that they are worth something…

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

And the fact processing can occur on so many levels, conscious and unconscious, is why at work I try to bear in mind Winnicot’s ideas that often interpreting less or not at all is usually better than quick, clever, interpretations. Sometimes all that’s needed is a loving person to bear witness: ..

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It’s also this child’s last day with his phenomenal childminder. She’s looked after him since babyhood with tenderness, interest, and the kind of love to do what’s right, not just what’s easiest Next week this child will be a coin swimming in the belly of big school… (GIF = pandiculation btw)

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Cute Cat Stretching

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Cats pandiculate (stretch and relax muscles) after a traumatic experience. Humans must do something similar with art - here is one of my children’s painting when worried about their sibling this morning. I’m grateful for all the carers of children who lovingly facilitate artistic expression…

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 14/08/2026

(Cw:suicide) At the risk of making assumptions here, people turn towards suicide when they don’t see another way out. And there’s always another path but I cannot blame him for not seeing it because they have been fucking relentless and showed no signs of stopping their harassment. Mercy.

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I’m really proud of this talk - I’m a mum and also a professional gamer (I play Roblox every day with the young people I work with). It’s only 20 minutes of your time and you’ll learn how to set boundaries, what the risks are, and how to keep to your boundaries and flex them as your child grows up

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

For anyone who knows parents navigating online gaming and digital boundaries this summer holiday, please do share this talk I gave last month: ‘Mum, can I play Roblox? Navigating online gaming safety for parents and caregivers’ streaming.media.ccc.de/emf2026/reli...

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Relive: Mum, can I play Roblox? Navigating online gaming safety for parents and caregivers – Electromagnetic Field 2026 Streaming

Live streaming from Electromagnetic Field 2026

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Duty free champagne + St Germain by the half pint = 👌 boating mood.

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Kids are the best. Quote of the day: I either want to work at Lidl or be a vet when I get older’ 😅

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The officer I spoke to was so lovely. He believed me. He was compassionate. He said it wasn’t my fault, and kept reiterating that I was a child and he was in a position of authority over me. But still I sense it’s going to be a long journey… I may be out of sorts for a while

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This place is anonymous enough to say… I reported a man who sexually abused me as a child to the police yesterday. All the feelings - so much guilt towards him. Anxiety - did I just make it all up? Will I be told I’m a liar? The only reason I did it is that I believe he still works with children.

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It’s fucking weird seeing the right wing media saying French police are letting migrant boats leave when yesterday I saw French warships return what I’m pretty sure must have been a migrant boat. Don’t listen to all you read in the newspapers, folks.

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

When you’re on holiday and to stave off a tantrum from your four year old you buy him horse meat for dinner… His verdict: it’s delicious. 🤷‍♀️

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Looking forward to when my daughter grows up and I can remind her of today, when I took her a Louboutin shop in Paris and her only comment was ‘I don’t know why people spend thousands of pounds on shoes when these look just like ones you get in a charity shop for a pound’ 💀

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

1997 issues of Wired hit different… 😳

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

‘… Jules Rimet still gleaming’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️🦁🦁🦁

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Thought I booked an emergency passport appointment today, turns out it’s next Monday 🤦‍♀️ so I get a whole day in London today! But I’m bringing a child so it’ll be more Imperial War Museum than nice shoe shops 😂

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

♥️ one of her friend’s houses is in the fire (I’ve been there 😭, it’s surrounded by adorable tortoises who you need to slow down to let them cross the road), and a couple she knows is having their daughter visit to provide her DNA 😭 it’s just horrible. Thank you so much x

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

For all those who pray, please keep in mind my mum and the community around Los Gallardos who are experiencing a deadly fire. She is currently okay but I can watch the fire spread in real time on Google Maps which is helping my anxiety approximately zero 😭

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

My new definition of hell is spending a heatwave in a packed school hall of parents watching my child play a character based on Priti Patel.

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Riding out a heatwave in long sleeved pyjamas under a padded, synthetic, superhero costume while riding a bike is a bold choice. #toddlers

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Today… Got my daughter finally referred to CAMHS, got a mental health nurse appointment and my own GP appointment, everything feels kinda under control and then … This is my mum’s windscreen. I think she’s okay but she’s in hospital now.

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I showed my daughter the gallery of normal labia (all ages, skin colours, hair colours etc) online and I wanted to find similar for my son but there’s no gallery of normal penises online… This seems like a huge oversight? And I suppose I’m asking if any other parents would like there to be one?

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Eldest back from year 6 residential 😍 Made a giant sticky toffee pudding to celebrate 😋

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Painted myself a useful swift vs swallow vs martin identifier. It’s good to get very far outside of your comfort zone at times 🫟🎨

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

‘Mum, what does chicken cocks feel like?’ ‘Mum when did you have chicken cocks?’ ‘Mum it looks like you have chicken cocks all over you … on your face and on your mouth and on your legs’ It’s pox lovely toddler, POX.

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act was the best film I’ve seen in years. So deep and sobering and just … An excellent ending to a series I’ve only watched for work reasons.

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

‘Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average.’ - Freud

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Son: Mum why did the coal mines all close? Me: *tries to describe Thatcher closing the mines* Son, thinking hard: I thought she was just a milk snatcher. Parenting goal unlocked.

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Good morning to everybody except my four year old son who announced at the top of his voice in the ladies loos ‘boys have penises and girls have tentacles’ 🤷‍♀️

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Went for a run last night and my heart stopped because a few people have died recently on this canal. But look 🐣🐣🐣🐣 !!!

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

🥹 got myself a ticket to @emfcamp.bsky.social after having the best time ever there last time. Now I just have to write this talk… ☺️

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

It was really good! Are you going to tell me they’re all that good/better? Like everyone has been trying to tell me for my whole life? 😟

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I gather there are two (?) main ways to watch Star Wars for the first time. Today I’m dipping my toes in with The Mandalorian and Grogu (in 3D!), which I imagine is nobody’s pick for first film to watch. Wish me luck! 🙈

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Oooh good luck! Are you on Strava? 👀

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I don’t know if I’ll reach them - but my friend has never ran our local half in less than two hours before so I feel obliged to try my best to do so before he does to wind him up! What’s your next goal? ☺️🏃‍♀️

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Oh no - hope you don’t suffer too badly 😞 I’ve had a tablet on my desk for weeks which was either 10mg dexamphetamine or dihydrocodeine. I finally took it on Friday and I’m still none the wiser what it was 😬😅

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Got a little too close to a mental breakdown, gunna stave it off for another 22 weeks 😅 Joking but also not - because I spent the last eight weeks telling myself ‘when the 10k is over I’ll rest my knees properly’ and now it’s ’meh no need to rest them, I have nothing for them to be fit for’ 🙃

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Jessica @playingandreality.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Out of office ✅ Same hill six hours (and 15 min/km) apart 💀 Start of a week off with the kids 👌

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Dr Liza Morton @drlizamorton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Children in the hospital do not need to be heroes. They need to be allowed to be children who are scared, upset, resilient, and human. My latest blog for Psychology Today - Rethinking “Bravery” in Paediatric Healthcare: The Hidden Burden More: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

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Rethinking “Bravery” in Paediatric Healthcare: The Hidden Burden

We call children “brave” when they are in the hospital, but do we silence their fear? It’s time to rethink hero narratives and support children’s emotional reality in care.

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