A week ago, I took Boy One to his place of education – car laden with lots of things I was quite happy to see the back of and lots of other stuff that it had somehow come essential for me to buy. A big step for us both. Not least because his Asperger’s has, […]
Things I want my sons to know…
My sons learning team destruction Always give your spouse birthday presents in bed. This rather baffling bit of advice is number 21 of 25 things the Good Men’s Project thinks a son should learn. Excuse me? What difference does it make where you give a present, as long as an appropriate and timely? In […]
Summer’s soggy tail end and other things – this week’s report
A bit transitional here. Two back at school, one packing for his next chapter and I’m hanging on to the sockless freedom of the season’s relative warmth with determination. I’m sure there’s a metaphor in here somewhere on reaping and sewing. I was given a plum tree for my 50 this year. And here it […]
What I know about the gender pay gap
Well. What do you know? Women who are mothers get paid even less than men. In yet another report from the Laboratories of the Blindingly Obvious, we do at least get a name for that thing that most of us knew what was happening – it’s a gender pay gap. It doesn’t mean that women […]
New term, new things to think about
One of the chicks is getting ready to fly. You could say he’s taxiing to the runway, all cleared for take-off. In fact, if you’re quiet you can probably hear that the nearest emergency exit is behind you. Boy One is off soon and there’s much flurrying. Since last century (or some other time, ages […]