Tag: creativity

  • Why Punishments Don’t Work

    Picture these scenarios: Meet Jamie. Jamie has a messy bedroom. He cannot find anything. Letters from school are lost and homework is left to the last minute. So mum nags him and get cross. “Tidy your room. Where’s your letter? Why are you leaving everything until the last minute?” Things escalate and eventually Jamie storms…

  • 4 VISUALLY APPEALING WAYS TO HELP YOUR CHILD

    I have something to confess. I am a visual learner. There we are, I’ve admitted it publicly. Ask me to work out a maths problem in my head – virtually impossible. Give me a piece of paper so I can ‘draw’ it out with either symbols, dots or numbers then I’m fine. I will use a…