What’s wrong with Granny? Talking to your children about Dementia
My husband is in Ireland visiting his Mum’s grave with his 94 year old Dad. Judy died during the pandemic , not due to Covid but due to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease. My father in law Arthur looked after her at home for 10 years and after her funeral we all went to Ireland to […]
Politicians do it. Footballers do it. Role models do it. And, of course, kids do it. Why kids lie and what to do about it
As a former Deputy Head and class teacher for 22 years I’ve heard my fair share of ‘porky pies’ ranging from ‘My homework fell into the blender as I was making my breakfast smoothie’ to ‘I thought you gave me 20 stickers this morning’ to ‘Mrs Brown said I could help myself to all this […]
Being Truthful
“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies” ~ Nelson Mandela I remember when I was 19 spending a night in a cold, wet and blustery tent down in Devon playing the “Truth or Dare” game with a group of friends. It felt really strange being so completely […]