More foreign languages please, we’re British
I’m feeling a bit frustrated. No, frustrated isn’t really the word, more annoyed.
November 24, 2017
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Second child syndrome: Is it that bad?
I am beginning to wonder if I need to redefine second child syndrome. I’ve always thought of the second child as the one who follows in the shadow of their older sibling. Mum and dad can’t remember how much they weighed when they were born, they wear hand me downs and there are only two
November 22, 2017
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Family Life & parenting
Teaching my children about safety and consent
With every day that passes, I find myself despairing at the news headlines. Following the fall of Harvey Weinstein, there seems to be an ever-increasing number of men being outed for their inappropriate behavior.
November 13, 2017
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Education
I’m sorry, but what did he call you?
This is one of those: “How would you have handled this?” blog posts. It involves some rough play in a park, some bad language (which I shan’t repeat) and me, intervening to stop things getting out of hand.
November 8, 2017
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Going into school to talk about the rainforest
Just the other day, I set myself a question to answer: What was scarier, a bunch of schoolchildren or the rainforest? I was going into my daughters’ school to talk about my experiences in the rainforest.
November 4, 2017
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