It's also difficult to say sorry when you are fatalistically convinced that that's who you are - a bad person. Why say sorry? You now you're going to do it again, and deserve the punishment. It's jus… (View Post)
It varies. When my younger child was in primary school, the TA she had had been sent by the school for training on attachment, autistic spectrum behaviours and several other things, and she was aweso… (View Post)
There are two levels of PP - CLAs (Child Looked After, the current jargon for children in care or adopted) - get Pupil Premium Plus. The money is very useful, but as a parent you have to be very acti… (View Post)
Ah yes, the other thing I wanted to reply to was about SureStart. Oh yes, getting rid of SureStart was an absolutely catastrophic decision. Through being an adopter, sitting on the adoption panel, an… (View Post)
Thanks for kind comments, and glad I could provoke some thoughts. On a couple of things: yes, absolutely this applies beyond children who have been in care. There are lots of people out there whohave… (View Post)