I realised early on in my life that the men I was supposed to look up to were not deserving of my admiration. To be fair, kids don’t always get the ‘full’ or ‘back’ story to a scene they witness, so may not have a rounded perspective on a situation. However, unlike adults, many kids […]
Many years ago someone asked my father what I did for work. His reply was ‘I dunno. Playschool or somethin’.’ In Australia it’s the dream of every early childhood educator to get a gig on Playschool- Australia’s longest running and I believe, still the best TV show for young children. But alas and alack I […]
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. George Orwell 1984 I read on social media that my Uncle had just died. Another ‘good bloke’ gone to meet his maker. What tales would they tell about him at his wake? Not the beatings and the rapes, not the […]
