Fifty long years after matrescence was recognised by Raphael I believe it is time we talk about the other transition. Finally society is talking about the menopause and ‘mid-life’ women more, we are emerging from invisibility. We exist and we are struggling with motherhood just as much as our beginner counterparts, only all parenting support is aimed at the first three or five years of life. Where is the help, the classes and groups for those of us raising teens? Where is the ‘teenternity leave’? This stage of ‘late parenting’ transition is so little talked about however that it doesn’t even have a name.
Sarah Ockwell-Smith 