There was a little bit of unexpected excitement in my world yesterday. Toddler Adams and I, you see, were invited on to the Victoria Derbyshire Programme on BBC2. The subject being discussed was sexism in schools. The catalyst for this conversation was a set of guidelines that has been published by the Institute of Physics. Have
I’ve had some awkward conversations with my eldest daughter just recently. The subject matter, you see, has been divorce and how it has affected her extended family. Helen has reached an age and a level of comprehension whereby she’s realised there are extended family members she either rarely sees, never sees or has only ever
How is a father to react when his daughter wants to join an organisation that refuses to admit boys and men? This is the dilemma I am presently facing and I’m not comfortable with it.
With the Christmas holidays having begun, my first term as a school gate dad is over. More importantly, it concludes my daughter’s first few months in the school system. During this time Helen has learned all manner of new skills and developed skills she already had. Helen’s reading and writing have come on massively and
We recently reached a point where we had to replace both the car seats for our children. Our eldest’s booster seat was getting very old while our youngest, at one year old, was ready to go up to the next size of seat. Instead of going to one of the usual family and child retailers
