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What’s ‘Appening to our Kids?

I knew it! I knew we were storing up trouble. What do you know, Ms J? I always knew that giving a young child a smartphone and leaving them to be entertained by it, or otherwise, would lead to a disaster waiting to happen. The thing is, I used to…

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Silence is Not Golden – It’s Criminal!

I am absolutely horrified. I have just heard about a case of sexual abuse. Familial sexual abuse. This is bad. Really bad. But it’s worse than that. Much worse. Here’s the case. Andrea Skinner, a Canadian woman, now aged 58, was sexually abused by her stepfather, Gerald Fremlin, her mother’s…

‘Rehoming’ for kids

‘Rehome’ your child. ‘Rehome’ your (young) son. That’s a new one on me! Like many, I guess, I always associated the term ‘rehoming’ with an animal. You know, you ‘rehome’ a dog or a cat, after they have been mended in a rescue facility or ‘rehome’ a formerly caged animal…