My heart goes out to the family of 5 year old April Jones and I really think it’s time for Google and Microsoft to take moral leadership and responsibility to act over the shocking ease with which some people are allowed to use the internet to fuel their perversion. Mark Bridger, sentenced yesterday to spend the rest […]
When I heard that my great pals across the pond Dr Lynne Kenney & Wendy Young from Kidlutions were writing a new book to help children bloom and flourish I was really excited. “Bloom” presents a brain-based style of parenting that helps children learn to develop the social-emotional, behavioural and communication skills to grow and […]
The idea of the weekly question is for you to print off and ponder it over the coming week and to see what insights it brings up for you. “I like myself best when I am …..”
I’m delighted to have been interviewed for The Sunday Times today as I’m speaking on One Page Profiles at The Sunday Times Education Festival on 22nd June. Here’s the link to read what I have to say about class sizes in schools ! What we’d change now. http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/festival_of_education/article1264415.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2013_05_25
I’m delighted and thrilled to be a speaker at The Sunday Times Educational Festival in June. I’ll be speaking about One Page Profiles in education and in families. I’ve recently been interviewed by The Sunday Times and that will be out this Sunday so grab a coffee and settle down to have a read ! This […]
Up to one in ten teenage girls has an eating disorder, medical experts have warned and increasing numbers of boys are also at risk, some of them as young as ten, a major study has found. Experts said that with the young under increasing pressure to ‘be perfect and look perfect’, the problem is now […]
What would you like to focus on this week in your family relationships?
This story made me cry from https://www.facebook.com/Womenem – the remarkable story of a mother’s love. When Carolyn Isbister put her 20 oz baby on her chest for a cuddle, she thought that it would be the only chance she would ever have to hold her. Doctors had told the parents that baby Rachel only had only […]
Sometimes the reason for your child finding it difficult to sleep is that their room is too colourful, too stimulating and just too plain overwhelming. One tip is to strip back your child’s brightly coloured bedroom and reduce the stimulating toys in an effort to help them sleep. What do you think ? A good idea? Let me […]
One in three teenagers have felt so depressed that they needed help, a Daybreak survey has revealed. More than one in six of the 11 to 18-year-olds who admitted to feeling this kind of depression said it lasted a few months, with 15% of young people having to take time off school as a result. […]
What must you accomplish in the next 12 months as a family?
As my regular readers will know I used to be a Deputy Head teacher and I also taught Reception Class children starting school. So I was surprised to read about the rising number of children still in nappies when they start primary school. Staff say they are increasingly forced to disrupt classes to change pupils or […]
Here’s a lovely video that Saatchi and Saatchi created watching children tasting new foods like onion, anchovy and marmite for the TEDxSydney conference.
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