Children ‘need pushy parents’ – but do they really?
I’m being interviewed tomorrow on LBC Radio about “Pushy Parents” as Rosie Millard, the former BBC arts correspondent claims, in a new BBC Radio 4 programme to be broadcast this week, that middle class mothers and fathers should be proud to be “pushy parents” instead of being embarrassed. But as a former Deputy Head and Class […]
Listen to “Bringing Up Britain” on BBC Radio 4 – teaching kids resilience & character
I am delighted to tell you that I was on BBC Radio 4 at 8pm on Wednesday 10th April joining the panel discussing how we teach children to have a strong resilient character on Bringing Up Britain “Character can be broadly defined as the collection of strengths and weaknesses that form and define who we […]
Is being a good parent something that should be taught, or allowed to come naturally?
Is being a good parent something that should be taught, or allowed to come naturally? Chris Paterson, researcher for the think tank Centre Forum, explains the “significant impact” that five simple rules of parenting can have on children. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9555000/9555751.stm
Getting Boys To Open Up and Talk To You
I’ve just come home from being interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour with the wonderful Jenni Murray about the differences in emotional eloquence between boys and girl. Getting older children to open up and talk to you can become a little harder as your children mature, and scientists still aren’t sure whether the differences […]