At last, it’s raining. Not only does this mean some much needed grass should grow so my sheep might stop ‘wandering off’ but it also means I find myself at my desk which is a place I have avoided for the last 3 weeks almost completely. That’s...
It was good to read in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph a letter from the Headmaster of Sandroyd School about the importance of emotional intelligence, resilience and problem-solving. Alastair Speers has, over the past two years, set up a programme at Sandroyd...
For many of us, the long summer school holidays are looming or have started already. Dreamy. Or not. Keeping our children occupied, fed, washed (I have 3 boys so this is officially a Dodgy Area) and off screens is a full time job in itself. Add to that the fact...
Linda Blair, Clinical Psychologist, wrote in Monday’s Daily Telegraph about supporting boys with depression. As a mother of three boys, the eldest being 12, it caught my eye. She wrote about the rapid increase in the number of boys being diagnosed with...