The Long & the Short of it…
Earlier this week I read with interest an article on the SchoolGate blog by Sarah Ebner.
I don’t want to re-hash the article here, but by way of giving a little background – the article detailed the experiences of another parent, Joanne Mallon who has a son who is small for his age.
She recalls a situation her son experienced at school. The class were playing a game whereby they had to describe a fellow classmate without describing them physically. One child blurted out “He’s small”. As Joanne recalls it: “The teacher came down on this like a ton of bricks, because it was outside the rules of the game…”
The article generated a number of comments and got me thinking.
Christmas – The Rules
This post has been inspired by a couple of other lovely posts which I’ve read today from Wahm-Bam! and Metropolitan Mum.
So December’s rapidly approaching and I’m somewhat in denial. Every year I promise myself that I won’t be last-minute about all things Christmas-related. Instead I will be a picture of calm and efficient organisation – the perfect domestic goddess, the likes of which makes the rest of the frazzled parent population green with envy.
I shall almost certainly fail. But nonetheless it’s lovely to dream.
Please find to follow the Christmas Rules to which I aspire, if not actually adhere :)
The Vetting & Barring Scheme
October saw the launch of the new Vetting & Barring Scheme (VBS). The new scheme has come about as a result of the Bichard Inquiry which followed the murders of Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells in 2002. In it, Sir Michael Bichard recommended that:
“New arrangements should be introduced requiring those who wish to work with children, or vulnerable adults, to be registered. The register would confirm that there is no known reason why an individual should not work with these clients.”
Effectively the VBS is designed to ensure that anyone who presents a known risk to vulnerable groups is prevented from working with them. So, this begs the question, how does the VBS differ from the traditional CRB check? Read more »
What’s in a Name?
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.*”
It’s a fabulous quote and one which springs to my mind whenever the subject of baby names comes up in conversation.
But the truth is, naming your child is perhaps one of the biggest decisions we have to make as parents. How do you feel about your name? Do you like it?
Perhaps you wish that your parents had been a little more bold, chosen something more unusual for you. Are there entirely too many people on the planet with the same name as you? Or perhaps you wish that your parents had been a little less inventive. Having an unusual name might be great as an adult – but did you hate it as a child? Read more »
