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I have been writing recently about why children need risk. In The Sunday Times (4 July 2010) there was an article about an interesting aspect of this. Two parents had decided to let their children, aged 8 and 5, cycle to school alone. They live in Dulwich. They were cycling along pavements and only crossed one road, with [...] I found the climax of our country’s political drama strangely moving last night. Watching coverage of the speeches as Gordon Brown ended his time as Prime Minister and David Cameron started his, my eyes were drawn, both times, away from the men to their wives. I thought how hard it must be for them to stand and [...] I recently posted about categories of mums including ”competitive” mums. Naively I wondered why mums were getting so stressed about the achievements of their young children. Then I read a letter in Nursery World describing how a private prep school sends a 24 page document to parents of children joining its reception class stating that before [...] This week I read a great post from blogger Plan B in response to an article by Lucy Cavendish in The Observer. LC was writing about the “battle” between mums who parent in different ways and Plan B countered that she’d never experienced anything like this in the blogging community. As part of this discussion, blogger Deer [...] Researching for my new column (sorry, I couldn’t resist mentioning it, I’m so excited. It’s in Nursery World and the first instalment is published this week, my copy arrived today!) I found an interesting article called Trying their Hardest, about a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation called Parenting in Ordinary Families: Diversity, complexity and [...] While the country was paralysed due to snow, book club met to discuss Rape of the Fairy Country by Alexander Cordell. This had been suggested by D who was introduced to AC’s books by her mother. Rape of the Fair country is the first of a trilogy following the lives of the Mortymer Family. While the [...] Nick Clegg has been criticised in the media for taking on Gina Ford and her parenting formula. I agree he was unwise to dismiss what does work for others. We all have our own parenting styles and what is right and what is wrong is not always obvious – and a very subjective and emotive [...] School was open today and weather forecasters are predicting a big thaw over the weekend. Now I’m starting to panic how I will cope next week without my “snow day”. Despite my objections to the principles, I’ve got used to our days off. It’s become a treat to be protected by the muffler of snow [...] Okay, so it’s quite hard work getting children in and out of coats, hats, gloves and boots, but I’m quite enjoying living with snow. It’s beautiful; cold and crisp, huge crystals glittering in the sunshine. We are finally experiencing the stereotypical images of winter that are usually only seen in Christmas cards and history books. Maybe [...] |
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