2nd June 2020

It's not been a bad day. L managed to play with a friend in the garden for a lot of the afternoon. They were really good at keeping distance between them, and did great hand-washing and disinfecting of things they both wanted to touch. It was quite an interesting interaction to be part of. Whenever …

24th April 2020

People are stupid. That was K's conclusion today on hearing about Trump's recent advice from breaking the lockdown to trying to get rid of Covid 19 by drinking bleach. She's been asking us lots of questions about Covid 19 because of her school project. One of her school projects this week was to choose one …

No child an outsider? Maybe not today

There are so many people who are, or who will be writing today that I wasn’t sure there was anything I could add. But writing is not always for the readers, it is often about the writer too, and today I feel I have to write something. I’m upset, disappointed, scared and angry. My consolation …

Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to school we go

My older daughter went back to school today. We are very happy. I'm lucky, she loves school. The structure, the clear rules, even the learning, suit her. The unstructured nature of holidays doesn't work so well for either of us. I'm also very lucky because of the school itself. There is clear structure, there are …