Reading beyond my son’s first school report
My four-year-old son is amazing. Really, really amazing. And yes, I know everyone says that about their children at some point. And I also know that there are times when I wouldn’t say that about mine....
View ArticleHow to over-interpret a puddle of wee
This morning I woke up in a puddle of wee. Not, I hasted to add, my own (a situation to which I guess there are pros and cons). It was one of my children’s. He’d got into bed with us for a cuddle and,...
View ArticleNew Statesman: Why we should let all boys wear skirts to school
As Paris Lees once wisely observed, “sexism didn’t disappear when women started wearing trousers.” This is sad but true. Trousers, while a practical item of clothing, have not yet brought an end to...
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