This is utterly brilliant. A student accuses J.K. Rowling of being transphobic. This teacher skilfully dissects the claim and challenges it by asking questions. He teaches not what to think, but how to think critically. Watch until the end. You see the epiphany in real-time.

“Because children grow up we think a child’s purpose is to grow up. But a child’s purpose is to be a child. Nature doesn't disdain what lives only for a day. It pours the whole of itself into the each moment.” Tom Stoppard. Let’s focus on the child in the now ! Dr. Aaron Bradbury

We've lost our minds, haven't we? Anyone who asks for this doesn't understand how language develops. Hart and Risley (1996) said that "words on their own are not enough". Jones (2012) identifies 4 different aspects that are necessary for a child to develop language, Hirsh-Pasek

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: A lot of people are leaving X due to political conflicts on this platform. I would like to assure you that I am staying put. I’m sure you will all sleep more soundly in your beds tonight

Pedagogy in early childhood education takes into account all aspects of a child's development, including their physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and creative development. Play is at the heart of all these developmental aspects of pedagogy. #PlayMatters

A gross mischaracterisation to describe medically-assisted suicide as “huge piece of socially liberalising legislation, up there with capital punishment or permitting abortion” as Harriet Harman did today. Shows proponents don’t understand the risks it poses to the vulnerable.

We need to show we can do better at assisted living for those in need of care before deciding whether to legislate on ways to die. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This is unlawful. We crowdfunded to pay for an advice from a KC who confirmed it was an unlawful policy. The police consider themselves above and beyond the law. Dangerous times.

I appreciate that I'm prolific today re assisted suicide. (By the weekend, I'll be asleep and / or watching Christmas movies. Or horror films...) But here's something I wrote for The Guardian that might help some disabled people's fears for changing the law theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We pray that Parliament will uphold the dignity of human life, in anticipation of the assisted suicide vote tomorrow. No human being is a burden, we are all the beloved children of God.

I just saw a brilliant quote ‘ the karma bus is often late, but it always arrives’. Stay strong my friends

Statement on tomorrow's #AssistedDyingBill

There are understandably strong emotions and different opinions in the public and in Parliament on the Assisted Dying Bill. After carefully considering all the information and the Bill itself, I have decided to vote against it. My statement for Leeds East constituents.

Nicola Sturgeon, Lorraine Kelly and Elaine C Smith pay tribute to Janey Godley ahead of funeral. news.stv.tv/scotland/tribu…

'Many MPs, in five- or ten-years’ time, will claim sheepishly that ‘we didn’t know this would happen’, or ‘we didn’t vote for this’ when the disabled and the vulnerable are killed. But MPs cannot be allowed to claim ignorance.' ✍️ Yuan Yi Zhu buff.ly/3CQurVy

The doctor who chose not to publish a study on puberty blockers because it showed no improvement in participants' mental health is the very same Johanna Olsen-Kennedy who's being sued by a young woman put on blockers at 12, given testosterone at 13 and a double mastectomy at 14.

Full statement from Health secretary, Wes Streeting, who extends the ban on puberty blockers indefinitely - including Northern Ireland "until a safe prescribing environment can be established for these medicines" "It's a scandal they were given to young people without evidence"

Only one gay rights group had the courage to campaign against the use of puberty blockers for gender-confused children: LGB Alliance. They fought for the right of gender-questioning kids to grow up with their bodies and fertility intact. Blockers have now been banned in the UK.

Well, who'd have thunk? It's not whether they're in school, it's how - and how much - they're used. In other news: Researchers suggest Pope highly likely to be Catholic... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

School readiness is not a child centred policy & very much is the reason why we continue to fail our children. If it was such a proper way of doing things why hasn’t it worked over the past 14 years. Why are we still beating this drum. There is another way. Full comment below 👇🏻