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Mark Shepstone Saying to a child ‘if you don’t do what we want then we will punish you until you do’ is never about showing a child they have choices. It is about showing them that they have no choice but to comply.

Whenever I talk about use of isolation in schools and how damaging it can be, I get responses like this.

‘What’s wrong with spending a quiet day reading to yourself and eating a sandwich alone for lunch - kids today don’t know what punishment is!’
Or
‘They aren’t in isolation,…

In just 90 days, Gambia could become the first country to SCRAP the ban on ‘female genital mutilation’. Here’s how we stop it: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/fg…

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children This Islamophobic infographic is from a 2016 Campaign Against Antisemitism report: they’re NOT anti-racists & should NEVER be permitted to deliver any kind of anti-racism training: they were formed during Israel’s war on Gaza in 2014 to smear Palestinian solidarity as antisemitic

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Wrong of them to drag you into a political debate. They did it on purpose. You do fantastic work and everyone in the U.K. who has had to use your services knows it.

Don’t let them bully you.

It’s an inconvenient truth than when you make someone do an activity, they enjoy it less and want to do it less in the future. Even if it was something that they were originally motivated to do. It’s a consistent finding in the research.

Adults make children do things in many…

The following statement is made in response to allegations made across social media in relation to antisemitism awareness training being planned by the Trust.

Health minister Maria Caulfield MP has just BLOCKED my colleague Alison Moore - I assume becuse of this very worrying story hsj.co.uk/east-kent-hosp… ....so I've made it FREE to view. Please RT

Join me and Gordon Brown and sign this petition via 38 Degrees calling on the UK government to hold an Emergency Budget to act on poverty and boost Universal Credit immediately! act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Universal-…

Our healthcare system should put patients before profit. That means an NHS free at the point of use, no charges for healthcare - anytime, anywhere.

Agree? Add your name to stop creeping NHS privatisation today ✍️: 38d.gs/twPrivatisatio…

Days like this are tough to beat, y'all. Sailing my Hans Christian 33 in Charleston harbor, 80deg, sunny, 15-20kts of wind, couple cold beers and a sammy for lunch. Pinch me. Go Dawgs!!

Up Learn Better than getting exam ready, get life ready.

Research by Korn_Ferry into the qualities of senior leaders into the future. They conclude that leaders will need to be more curious, humble, continuous learners and system/network players. The role leaders play will have both more & less control than ever:…

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In 2010, 70% of you were satisfied with the NHS.

Now, only 24% are.

14 years of Tory government understaffing, underfunding & private sector outsourcing have trashed the NHS into a travesty of the service we want to give you.

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My own experience is that the less control and rules the better everything went.
Young people take greater responsibility, learn self management and are for more effective and happier if given autonomy and offered guidance.
They also mature much faster.