#ShareTheLoad – Why is laundry only a woman’s job? An important message for our boys.
A new action-oriented movement idea for Ariel that aims to discuss a latent but simmering tension point in society: Is laundry only a woman’s job? Wouldn’t it be great to build a society where husbands and wives share the load? Because where there is equality there is true happiness. Just for this week ponder the […]
Dear John Lewis I’m sorry I broke a bauble… the values we teach are important.
I was interviewed today on BBC Radio London by Vanessa Feltz about the 5 year old who sent John Lewis a hand written apology note and £2 for the bauble she accidentally broke in the shop on Saturday. Vanessa felt it was unnecessary and over the top. I thought it showed a parent passing on […]
Should your kids pick up their values from their teacher?
As a former Deputy Head and Head of PSHE ( Personal, Social , Health Education) I was invited to speak on BBC Radio Sussex and Surrey about a new study that recommends that schools must teach children character and values. More than eight out of ten parents believe schools should teach children character and values […]
Icons, role models and what to teach our kids about Oscar Pistorious – the fall of South Africa’s golden boy
I’ve written before about icons, role models and the positive and motivating influence they play in our children’s lives. But what happens when they turn out to have feet of clay – like the rest of us or are tragically flawed? I listened to The Jeremy Vine Show at lunchtime as they were discussing the tragic […]