The neglected section of British society. Sure Start was abandoned by the last government despite returning £2 for every£1 invested in it. Britain also puts most money into university education, and less into pre-school and first years than other developed countries. Scandinavian countries tend to invest more in the early years – it makes sense that investment goes in when children are learning how to learn! University students should have those skills already – lectures should be like TED talks – 20 minutes and thought provoking. This is especially true with the internet and Google available for factual verification. Well taught children should need less financial input as they develop learning skills.
Ever been out and found children behaving without understanding the social rules of the situation? Children in many families are naturally taught this skill. Often this is because parents do not have the finance to eat out regularly enough, are too harassed by job demands to instil behavioural patterns in children. “Seen and not heard” is still a mantra for parents – as opposed to contintal children. Just sayin’!
I have lots more rants about children! But not now.
Trump has revealed that he may be able to conduct a good trade deal with threats of tariffs, but is useless as a negotiator in a conflict. Ukraine has seen more raids by Russian Drones recently; Israel continues to slaughter innocent Palestinian children; His threats and posturing mean jack shit to Putin and Netanyahu – they are confident in their nationalist bases and do not care about international condemnation – not that Trump would dream of such a thing!