Five Things To Teach A Child Before Ten
Parenting is challenging and it is not complicated. Five things worth getting across early, and the one that carries all of them....
Some Things Cannot Be Gathered Up Again
An old story about a rumour, a judge and a handful of paper, and the arithmetic underneath it that has only got worse since the story was written....
Difficult, Or Simply Formed Elsewhere
When somebody will not come round, the quickest available explanation is that they are being unreasonable. It is also the explanation that ends the conversation....
The Ones Doing The Teaching Are Smaller
Grown-ups approach children with a list of what to pass on. The traffic runs both ways, and the direction we notice least is the one worth noticing....
Gossip Stops When You Stop Supplying It
The neighbour who asks too many questions is running on material. Almost everything that works against them comes down to cutting the supply....
Gift Ideas For Grandmother
Three gifts for the grandmother who is already delighted just to see you, including one that costs nothing and is usually the one she keeps....
Laugh Together To Stay Together
Shared laughter tracks with how strong a relationship is. Remembering it together works too. Manufacturing it does the opposite....
Some Effective Traits Of Working Moms
Working mothers are criticised for not being there. Three things they give their children that are difficult to give any other way....
Save Kids From Bad Influences
Peer influence is powerful across a whole life, and never more so than in childhood. You cannot seal a child away from it, and it would not help if you could....
Why Teen Texting Keeps Rising
A teenager with a phone is not avoiding people. They are choosing a kind of conversation the room cannot offer....