It Wasn’t Even That High Anyway

It Wasn’t Even That High Anyway

What your child is really telling you on the drive home Something tends to happen between the car park and the first roundabout. Your child, who twenty minutes ago was three metres up and weighing whether to take another step, is now strapped into the back seat...
Tears, Teddies, and Pointy Fingers

Tears, Teddies, and Pointy Fingers

What Every “Won’t” Is Really Telling Us Over thirty-five years in classrooms, in school leadership, and as a behavioural specialist working with some of the most vulnerable young people in our system, I have come to a simple conclusion: under genuine pressure, there...
If they don’t make it to the top it’s okay

If they don’t make it to the top it’s okay

All parents booking for high ropes session at Baggeridge have a same, quiet worry in the back of their minds. What if my child only makes it halfway, panics, and then refuses to budge? What if they start to cry? What if they demand to be taken straight back down...