Before I had my children, we stayed at a friend’s house. On her bookcase was a book titled Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby (or something similar).
Whenever I write about keeping children’s curiosity alive through more choices and more play, someone says something like ‘well I’m glad my doctor learnt how to follow instructions’. Or ‘Naomi would like to see a world where people choose how to drive and don’t bother about following the Highway Code’.
The moment we talk about changing children’s behaviour without considering the context of that behaviour, we are doomed to failure. We will put in place ever harsher consequences, and they will work less and less well.
The moment we talk about changing children’s behaviour without considering the context of that behaviour, we are doomed to failure. We will put in place ever harsher consequences, and they will work less and less well.
Schools are full of opportunities to learn. They should be places of joy and discovery, and for some they are. They open the doors to new possibilities.
Schools are full of opportunities to learn. They should be places of joy and discovery, and for some they are. They open the doors to new possibilities.
What happens when you see children's distressed behaviour as a sign that they need to be punished? Suspensions. Isolation. Detentions. More than ever before and for ever younger children. Read the Guardian article about it here
What happens when you see children's distressed behaviour as a sign that they need to be punished? Suspensions. Isolation. Detentions. More than ever before and for ever younger children. Read the Guardian article about it here