Media and press

We are always keen to hear from media and press, and do our best to respond to every request we receive. Whether you are looking for comment on a recent news or policy issue, focussing on issues impacting children, parents or family life, we can put you in touch with one of our directors or consultants who will be delighted to talk to you.

We are happy to respond to requests for interviews for TV, radio, podcasts, print media and more. We can comment on serious news stories, discuss scientific content, or contribute to social interest pieces. If you are interested in speaking to us about any area of our work in promoting calmer relationships, supporting parents and families, increasing equality, and promoting understanding of human needs then please do get in touch. We help build better brains.

TV & video appearances

Tomlin Wilding, CalmFamily director, has appeared on the national news in response to the smacking ban in Jersey, discussing why smacking isn't an appropriate tool for managing toddler behaviour.

Tomlin has also created video media for several online parenting summits.

Radio appearances

Jen (Ro) Littlejohns, CalmFamily director, has appeared on TransRadio during July 2021 talking about their trans identity and how CalmFamily seeks to include and support trans, LGBTQIA+ and queer families through explicit inclusivity, and training consultants who understand the diversity of family life.

Podcast subjects

At CalmFamily we all have slightly different focuses and passions, which is very much one of our strengths. As a community of directors and consultants we cover so many aspects of activism, human rights, ending racism, undermining agism, supporting equality of all kinds, promoting social change that focuses on people before profits, encouraging responsive parenting in the way that works for you and your family, neurodivergent parenting and parenting of neurodivergent children, LGBTQIA+ parenting and families, home education, teaching and supporting children in mainstream settings, campaigning for better pregnancy and birth support and much, much more,

Whatever the topic of your podcast, we can find a member of our community to chat to you eloquently and passionately about how it fits into family life and the world changing vision of CalmFamily!

Please do get in touch, we love to work with other organisations who are passionate about making the world a better and more equitable place for everyone!

Podcast appearances

Jen (Ro) Littlejohns, CalmFamily director, has appeared on What the Trans podcasts talking about trans identity and parent life in the 2020 Pride special.

Lauren Partington, CalmFamily consultant, appeared on For Modern Mothers talking about The truth about baby sleep.

We want to get involved

We welcome requests to write for, or be interviewed for print media. Please get in touch here and let us know about the subject of your article and the angle that you are covering.

Message our Facebook page or phone our business line Monday-Friday 09:30-14:00 if you need to speak to someone ASAP. Where possible we will try to ensure that someone can speak to you within your required timescale.

Publications

Jen (Ro) Littlejohns was one of the first regular contributing authors to Isabella and Us, a print magazine that focuses on the realities of parenthood, and supporting families holistically, especially through perinatal mental health issues.

Blog writing

We welcome invitations to contribute to blogs on development, parent support, perinatal mental health, the strains of modern society, the importance of understanding human needs from birth right up to death in order to help people live calmer lives and build calmer relationships. We are passionate about inclusivity, feminism, environmental responsibility. putting an end to agism, and understanding and supporting neurodivergent individuals and families*, and much, much more!

*Several of our directors are neurodivergent and parenting neurodivergent children and we are keen to challenge the dominant view of neurodivergent people as problematic or broken.

We want to get involved

We welcome invitations to speak to professionals and individuals in conferences, professional development events and more.

Appearances

CalmFamily develops and runs training for professionals including neonatal nurses and care workers, health visitors, and teachers and classroom assistants.

Tomlin Wilding, CalmFamily founder and director has spoken at several conferences on infant and toddler development, key parenting issues and neuropsychology.

Jeni Atkinson has spoken on Sustainability and not buying new. at a 2019 eco conference in Nottingham

A note on responding to media enquiries

It is often best to contact us via social media, or by phone if you need a quick response for current issues. Sometimes it can take us a day or two to reply to emails, because we are busy running training, supporting families, and caring for our own families. The fastest way to get in touch is by calling our business line Monday-Friday 09:30-14:00, or messaging our Facebook page.

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