Climbing the Mountains of Life

Climbing the Mountains of Life

Jul 30, 2014 | Body, Children, Mind, World

I’ve just come back from a weekend in Snowdonia, the first time I’d returned there after 18 years. 18 years ago, when I walked up Snowdon the first time (the highest point in the British Isles outside of the Scottish Highlands), I was young, fit, healthy...
Getting Crafty with the Boys

Getting Crafty with the Boys

Nov 17, 2013 | Children

Do other parents of boys find the same thing when they try to do ‘crafty’ things with them? An hour of Christmas card making this morning has so far involved: WWF style wrestling over a red pen climbing under the dining room table playing with the cat...
Why ‘Naughty’ Behaviour Shouldn’t Be Labelled as Such

Why ‘Naughty’ Behaviour Shouldn’t Be Labelled as Such

Jan 28, 2013 | Children

This morning, I took Dom to his classroom and his French teacher was there preparing for the lesson she was going to be doing with them later, with a poster of the words to the famous Alouette song on the board. He suddenly went all quiet and flatly refused to do his...

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