The Open Eye campaign group has opened a UK government petition that UK residents can sign up to online to urge the government to stop forcing children under 5 years old to learn reading and writing - instead of learning through natural play as is widely recognized to be more effective.
Please take a look and […]
Sometimes you just feel like the whole world is going mad. How did we end up here?
In the last few weeks there has been a storm brewing. It turns out that in 2006 the UK Labour government introduced the Childcare Act 2006 which no doubt includes some sound aims.
In it however, it includes a duty […]
Today has been very difficult. We said goodbye to Tricia Anderson at her funeral at a lovely woodland burial ground. It was an incredibly moving occasion for all those present, I doubt that I will ever be at the funeral of a more loved and globally-respected person.
Tricia was an independent midwife of international renown, and […]
I’m against censorship, but we all know controls are needed when it comes to children. In fact in the UK at least, advertising regulations for ads targeted at children are getting increasingly strict - especially when it comes to junk foods. We are after all becoming nations full of obese children doomed to an early […]
Don’t you just love democracy. Rather than voting FOR things we seem to always have to vote AGAINST them for some reason. Stupid decisions are made for us and then we have to fight tooth and nail to stop them coming into force.
The UK government is on the verge of destroying independent midwifery. There is […]
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