Category Archives: allowed to fail

Children at play…….shock, horror as they are taking risks!

Posted on August 1, 2016 by kindadukish

In the last year or so I have penned a number of blogs about the way parents wrap their children in cotton wool and create a cocoon of safety around them on the grounds of “keeping them safe.” They are not … Continue reading →

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Gender equality……read this and weep!

Posted on June 8, 2016 by kindadukish

Straight, able-bodied white men who represent college and university lecturers from minorities have been banned from sessions at an equality conference because they do not have a “protected characteristic”. The University and College Union decided at its congress last week … Continue reading →

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Risk averse parents……….apparently not in Lisbon, Portugal

Posted on July 7, 2015 by kindadukish

You knew it, didn’t you? Over the last 20 years, adults (both teachers and parents) have been on a track to eliminate failure and risk from our children’s lives. We are afraid our kids are too fragile, and may diminish … Continue reading →

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