Monthly Archives: July 2011
Native Languages
I find that when I’m speaking to an English person or writing, I hope still in my own language, I feel much more fluent. Yet only recently have I come to think of English as my native language. It is interesting to note that the majority of Americans wouldn’t be aware that I was speaking […]
A Child’s Point Of View
I remember lying in my cot; I was about a year old. The lady who cared for me was kindly but I didn’t know her that well. The lead teacher in the small school my mummy had just opened in our house had told the lady caring for me: “Put Peter to sleep, he’s tiredâ€. […]
Personality Differences: Are You Resilient or Melodramatic?
It just seems to me that those people who are the most resilient in life have somehow had good solid underpinnings from birth onwards. I can really start with my own family. I see my adult children as very resilient and I feel certain that the start we gave them enabled them to have a […]
‘Designing Your Child’ — What’s Your Plan?
I suppose I’m fortunate, my idea of ‘designing’ (albeit I’ve never used that term until now!) my children had to do with what happened to their brains, not their fashionable ‘costumes’. Now, I may have failed in some aspects of their upbringing (I usually question my choices/decisions daily!) but I certainly know that their brains […]