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How do you help someone with Asperger’s choose a university course?

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Boy One is now in sixth year and working very hard towards an impressive batch of exams. In fact, his results would probably be enough to get him into further education without too much effort. I’m very proud of him, he’s doing so much better than anyone could have predicted. He’s an Explorer Scout, he’s […]

Why Bad Moms really have the happiest kids

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It makes me cross. The whole idea that there’s a bad mother is just nonsense. Yet it’s persuasive, it slips off the tongue and into the subconscious.   No wonder too. The minute you have a child there’s a big bossy queue telling you how you should be doing it and, most likely, what you’re […]

The only way you’ll get fit and healthy for life

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What’s the point in starting a grueling health and fitness regime, if you’re not planning on keeping up your new regime for life? So many people start a regime and think they can just go back to their old ways afterwards. Or, they fail to think about the future and end up going back to […]

On busyness and the adventures of Spikey Mikey

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And there we are, back to the hustle and bustle of term and it’s associated activity. Rushing about, trying to remember all the things and briefly tutting at the mess of matters requiring attention. That and looking for stuff and repeating myself. It is so familiar. I’ve spent decades like this – dashing and writing […]