Archive for the 'young people' Category
Age is just a number
Yazan: sarabedford | 26 July 2008 | No Comments
Categories: young people
Our eleven year old daughter is rarely without a book. Yes, she loves her computer. DS and MP3 player, but she’s still happiest with a book in her hand. And like me, she enjoys a broad range of books, fiction and non-fiction. Over the years, she has been allowed to choose pretty much want she [...]
Not seen – and not heard
Yazan: sarabedford | 13 July 2008 | No Comments
Categories: civil liberties, young people
Let’s face it, England has never been a country that likes children. Only Victorian England could have spawned a phrase the children should be ‘seen, but not heard’. We don’t welcome children in our restaurants and at other social events. It’s now fashionable to ban children from weddings. Now don’t get me wrong, as a [...]
