Discipline

There Will Be Books

Curious George is a movie that can penetrate even the most noise-cancelling of headphones. Writing a novel in the same room as a...

The Joy of Sticks

From top: gun, sword, wand. AKA ‘kindling for Granddad’. I’ve never thought brandishing a stick was a good idea. We were always told by...

Testing Times

Occasionally he makes up a word (‘You nuckus!’) or just pops something that’s not an insult at all (‘You big sandwich!) None of it is...

7 Reasons My Five Year Old Shouldn’t Have to Go to School, According to Her

I have already been to school. For five whole days. What do you mean, five days isn’t enough? How long is this ridiculousness supposed to...

Do As I Say, Not As I Do.

Last week I was grating a raw beetroot into a pot of soup (this soup, incidentally, which is so delicious I almost ate H’s portion before...

She Is Sixteen, Going On Seventeen (Months)

May Blossom loves to play. Anything that involves chasing, shrieking and creating mayhem gets her seal of approval. Yesterday she and her...