Dr Karen Bateson
@karenjbateson.bsky.social
Charity CEO Oxford Parent-Infant Project (oxpip.org.uk). Clinical psychologist. Posting about science, practice & policy of early years interventions. I like a challenge so also a wife, mother, dog owner & fell-walker 🥾89/214
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I’ve long thought in that in UK, children are the most oppressed of all of us. “There is … something deep within the British psyche that favours age over youth, & consequently misrepresents and ignores the latter in a way that sometimes looks almost pathological.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris
These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’ve long thought in that in UK, children are the most oppressed of all of us. “There is … something deep within the British psyche that favours age over youth, & consequently misrepresents and ignores the latter in a way that sometimes looks almost pathological.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Today’s @oxpip.bsky.social lecture by @pvrticka.bsky.social was the most exciting, interesting lecture I’ve heard in years. Pascal walked us from the origins of attachment theory through modern development, to myths, misconceptions & misuse, and finished on hope & opportunity. A masterclass 👏🏻
October 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Today’s @oxpip.bsky.social lecture by @pvrticka.bsky.social was the most exciting, interesting lecture I’ve heard in years. Pascal walked us from the origins of attachment theory through modern development, to myths, misconceptions & misuse, and finished on hope & opportunity. A masterclass 👏🏻
Thank you Brian Wilson for giving us such beautiful melodies and evocative songs. Each track a masterpiece, immediately conjuring up golden sun and joy. There’s nothing like it. Rest in peace.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Brian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82
Musician, who suffered from mental health problems, wrote and produced the 1966 album Pet Sounds – seen by many as the greatest album of all time
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Thank you Brian Wilson for giving us such beautiful melodies and evocative songs. Each track a masterpiece, immediately conjuring up golden sun and joy. There’s nothing like it. Rest in peace.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
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Pro tip, folks: if you make a figure for a publication, don’t just hand the copyright over to the publisher. Post it on OSF first and then give yourself permission to use it in the first publication and then all future publications. That way, no permissions issues.
June 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Pro tip, folks: if you make a figure for a publication, don’t just hand the copyright over to the publisher. Post it on OSF first and then give yourself permission to use it in the first publication and then all future publications. That way, no permissions issues.
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It's nearly time to get my hiking boots on for a massive mountain walk I'm doing to raise money for Oxford Parent-Infant Project .
@oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can.
Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k
@oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can.
Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k
May 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It's nearly time to get my hiking boots on for a massive mountain walk I'm doing to raise money for Oxford Parent-Infant Project .
@oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can.
Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k
@oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can.
Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k
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Good luck Karen! We’ll be rooting* for you
Please do support Karen if you can. All money raised is being doubled by a matched funder.
(* niche pun for those who know babies 😎)
Please do support Karen if you can. All money raised is being doubled by a matched funder.
(* niche pun for those who know babies 😎)
It's nearly time to get my hiking boots on for a massive mountain walk I'm doing to raise money for Oxford Parent-Infant Project .
@oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can.
Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k
@oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can.
Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k
May 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Good luck Karen! We’ll be rooting* for you
Please do support Karen if you can. All money raised is being doubled by a matched funder.
(* niche pun for those who know babies 😎)
Please do support Karen if you can. All money raised is being doubled by a matched funder.
(* niche pun for those who know babies 😎)
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Great to have @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social comms pack for Infant Mental Health Awareness Week #IMHAW2025
Includes a link to commissioning support toolkit parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/professional... I co-developed with the Foundation & @karenjbateson.bsky.social funded by @arcnenc.bsky.social
Includes a link to commissioning support toolkit parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/professional... I co-developed with the Foundation & @karenjbateson.bsky.social funded by @arcnenc.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Great to have @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social comms pack for Infant Mental Health Awareness Week #IMHAW2025
Includes a link to commissioning support toolkit parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/professional... I co-developed with the Foundation & @karenjbateson.bsky.social funded by @arcnenc.bsky.social
Includes a link to commissioning support toolkit parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/professional... I co-developed with the Foundation & @karenjbateson.bsky.social funded by @arcnenc.bsky.social
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📣Free webinar 📣
Join us to hear about the free @nspcc.bsky.social Look, Say, Sing, Play resources which support interaction between babies & adults. For everyone who cares for/works with babies, including parents & practitioners.
June 10th 1-2pm. Sign up here: app.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/events....
Join us to hear about the free @nspcc.bsky.social Look, Say, Sing, Play resources which support interaction between babies & adults. For everyone who cares for/works with babies, including parents & practitioners.
June 10th 1-2pm. Sign up here: app.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/events....
May 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📣Free webinar 📣
Join us to hear about the free @nspcc.bsky.social Look, Say, Sing, Play resources which support interaction between babies & adults. For everyone who cares for/works with babies, including parents & practitioners.
June 10th 1-2pm. Sign up here: app.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/events....
Join us to hear about the free @nspcc.bsky.social Look, Say, Sing, Play resources which support interaction between babies & adults. For everyone who cares for/works with babies, including parents & practitioners.
June 10th 1-2pm. Sign up here: app.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/events....
It's nearly time to get my hiking boots on for a massive mountain walk I'm doing to raise money for Oxford Parent-Infant Project .
@oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can.
Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k
@oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can.
Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k
May 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It's nearly time to get my hiking boots on for a massive mountain walk I'm doing to raise money for Oxford Parent-Infant Project .
@oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can.
Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k
@oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can.
Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k
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Last chance to join our iHV Spotlight Learn: Supporting Parents Workshop - Supporting the #Perinatal #MentalHealth of #autistic mothers and birthing parents taking place online Thu 5 June (1:30-4:00pm) ideal for the Multi-disciplinary workforce
ihv.org.uk/training-and...
#HealthVisiting
ihv.org.uk/training-and...
#HealthVisiting
May 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Last chance to join our iHV Spotlight Learn: Supporting Parents Workshop - Supporting the #Perinatal #MentalHealth of #autistic mothers and birthing parents taking place online Thu 5 June (1:30-4:00pm) ideal for the Multi-disciplinary workforce
ihv.org.uk/training-and...
#HealthVisiting
ihv.org.uk/training-and...
#HealthVisiting
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One week left to apply for the fully-funded 2-year Postdoctoral Research Associate position in my @soneatlab.bsky.social, Dept. of #Psychology, @universityofessex.bsky.social (#Colchester, #UK).
Deadline: 01.06.2025
Start: 01.10.2025
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
#fNIRS #attachment
Deadline: 01.06.2025
Start: 01.10.2025
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
#fNIRS #attachment
Job profile
vacancies.essex.ac.uk
May 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
One week left to apply for the fully-funded 2-year Postdoctoral Research Associate position in my @soneatlab.bsky.social, Dept. of #Psychology, @universityofessex.bsky.social (#Colchester, #UK).
Deadline: 01.06.2025
Start: 01.10.2025
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
#fNIRS #attachment
Deadline: 01.06.2025
Start: 01.10.2025
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
#fNIRS #attachment
Excellent blog about high quality longitudinal studies tracking psychological distress in adults over 30 years.
Only small ⬆️ over time. Peaks potentially linked to:
Social media
Austerity
I would suggest the 2016-2018 peak might be related to deep social division caused by referenda
Only small ⬆️ over time. Peaks potentially linked to:
Social media
Austerity
I would suggest the 2016-2018 peak might be related to deep social division caused by referenda
Psychological distress over 30 years in Great Britain: the times they are a changin’ (or are they?) buff.ly/qpu4p0f
🧵 THREAD
#MentalHealth #PsychologicalDistress #Surveys #GB #30years
🧵 THREAD
#MentalHealth #PsychologicalDistress #Surveys #GB #30years
May 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Excellent blog about high quality longitudinal studies tracking psychological distress in adults over 30 years.
Only small ⬆️ over time. Peaks potentially linked to:
Social media
Austerity
I would suggest the 2016-2018 peak might be related to deep social division caused by referenda
Only small ⬆️ over time. Peaks potentially linked to:
Social media
Austerity
I would suggest the 2016-2018 peak might be related to deep social division caused by referenda
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#Attachment #MythBusting #29: Getting stuck in certain “brain or nervous system states” - especially in relation to #insecure #attachment and #trauma.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
May 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#Attachment #MythBusting #29: Getting stuck in certain “brain or nervous system states” - especially in relation to #insecure #attachment and #trauma.
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
👉🏻 pvrticka.com/attachment-m...
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain
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1/ The myth of the only child: a thread on the unjustified bad reputation of only children 🧵👇 #OnlyChildMyths #ParentingTruths #BreakingStereotypes
May 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1/ The myth of the only child: a thread on the unjustified bad reputation of only children 🧵👇 #OnlyChildMyths #ParentingTruths #BreakingStereotypes
New research in Nature finds perinatal mental health screening in NICU's helps identify parents who need mental health support.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Implementation of perinatal mental health screening for parents of infants in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit: A quality improvement initiative - Journal of Perinatology
Journal of Perinatology - Implementation of perinatal mental health screening for parents of infants in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit: A quality improvement initiative
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New research in Nature finds perinatal mental health screening in NICU's helps identify parents who need mental health support.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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You can now get 10% off our short courses using an early bird discount code:
EARLYBIRD25
Browse our courses on Attachment, Assessing Parent-Infant Relationships, Working with intergenerational trauma (ghosts in the nursery), and An Introduction to Watch Wait & Wonder at oxpip.org.uk/training
EARLYBIRD25
Browse our courses on Attachment, Assessing Parent-Infant Relationships, Working with intergenerational trauma (ghosts in the nursery), and An Introduction to Watch Wait & Wonder at oxpip.org.uk/training
May 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
You can now get 10% off our short courses using an early bird discount code:
EARLYBIRD25
Browse our courses on Attachment, Assessing Parent-Infant Relationships, Working with intergenerational trauma (ghosts in the nursery), and An Introduction to Watch Wait & Wonder at oxpip.org.uk/training
EARLYBIRD25
Browse our courses on Attachment, Assessing Parent-Infant Relationships, Working with intergenerational trauma (ghosts in the nursery), and An Introduction to Watch Wait & Wonder at oxpip.org.uk/training
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May the 4th be with you. Celebrating a day when fighting off an empire bent on destroying communities seems relevant
han solo and chewbacca from star wars are standing next to each other and saying `` may the 4th be with you '' .
ALT: han solo and chewbacca from star wars are standing next to each other and saying `` may the 4th be with you '' .
media.tenor.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
May the 4th be with you. Celebrating a day when fighting off an empire bent on destroying communities seems relevant
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For #MayThe4thBeWithYou we've got a perhaps surprising amount about Darth Vader in our archive www.bps.org.uk/search?term=...
Your search results
Your search results
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May 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
For #MayThe4thBeWithYou we've got a perhaps surprising amount about Darth Vader in our archive www.bps.org.uk/search?term=...
I had a fabulous day of walking near Thirlmere yesterday as training for the big challenge walk I’m doing in June.
I could see the Solway Firth and Scottish hills over Bassenthwaite. It’s so peaceful yet invigorating.
I could see the Solway Firth and Scottish hills over Bassenthwaite. It’s so peaceful yet invigorating.
May 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I had a fabulous day of walking near Thirlmere yesterday as training for the big challenge walk I’m doing in June.
I could see the Solway Firth and Scottish hills over Bassenthwaite. It’s so peaceful yet invigorating.
I could see the Solway Firth and Scottish hills over Bassenthwaite. It’s so peaceful yet invigorating.
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This week, I spoke with one of the Duolingo contractors impacted by its 'new' AI strategy, and they clarified that
1) it's not new. Duolingo has *already* fired an estimated 100 writers and translators.
2) they worked for months training an AI system that still makes egregious mistakes.
1) it's not new. Duolingo has *already* fired an estimated 100 writers and translators.
2) they worked for months training an AI system that still makes egregious mistakes.
May 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This week, I spoke with one of the Duolingo contractors impacted by its 'new' AI strategy, and they clarified that
1) it's not new. Duolingo has *already* fired an estimated 100 writers and translators.
2) they worked for months training an AI system that still makes egregious mistakes.
1) it's not new. Duolingo has *already* fired an estimated 100 writers and translators.
2) they worked for months training an AI system that still makes egregious mistakes.
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Claire Eason, UK artist, recently created a tribute to the #SycamoreGap tree, in Northumberland UK using light from drones in the space where the much loved landmark once stood #WomensArt
April 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Claire Eason, UK artist, recently created a tribute to the #SycamoreGap tree, in Northumberland UK using light from drones in the space where the much loved landmark once stood #WomensArt
My second time presenting to Council Lead Members today, on Early Years & Lifetime Outcomes. On both occasions, councillors were engaged & supportive. I hope to see more councils adopting the language of “Babies, Children & Young People”. Thanks to the LGA & @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social.
April 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My second time presenting to Council Lead Members today, on Early Years & Lifetime Outcomes. On both occasions, councillors were engaged & supportive. I hope to see more councils adopting the language of “Babies, Children & Young People”. Thanks to the LGA & @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social.
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Crummock Water #LakeDistrict - Day 5 of 7 posts showcasing its beauty which will be lost forever if United Utilities carries out its plan to reduce the water level by 4.6 feet. Find out more here and sign the petition: change.org/p/stop-unite... ...please share to raise awareness
April 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Crummock Water #LakeDistrict - Day 5 of 7 posts showcasing its beauty which will be lost forever if United Utilities carries out its plan to reduce the water level by 4.6 feet. Find out more here and sign the petition: change.org/p/stop-unite... ...please share to raise awareness