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Education systems often make it enforceable by law that all children, including those with disabilities, are in school.  These children...

The importance of being seen and heard…of being recognised for our uniqueness…of learning to embrace our differences… These simple...

I’m learning that one of the most challenging things for Wonderfully Wired babies and children is self-regulation. All babies need to...

I remember standing in the massive baby supply store 17 years ago, with a list so long it was partly concealed by my belly. I worked my...

I’ve been thinking about teachers with empathy and concern. What would it take for teachers under pressure to deliver results to get a ...

My eldest daughter recently found herself on the wrong side of offense when she was tasked to read a historical document on eugenics...

My husband says all disappointments are a result of unmet expectations. That’s a good sentiment when it comes to managing my expectations...

Confession time: I used to love setting an exam study schedule. I used to think it was the dorky combination of coloured markers and...

When I was a teenager, a very good English teacher told me that the only way to study Shakespeare is to acknowledge that he spoke a...

I’m working on changing the way I think of my role as a parent into the teenage years for my struggling student: I’m not aiming to be...

When I was a newborn mum the question was always ‘to routine or not to routine’. Around the same coffee table was my Zimbabwean pastor...

It is critical to be able to read a child’s emotional platform to know how to help that child back to a stable, safe, state in the...

“A child who is self-regulated can wait a few minutes if dinner is late, concentrate on homework even if they want to go outside and...

This month, Wonderfully Wired dives deeply (and satisfyingly!) into the work of Dr Mona Delahooke. You can find a brief introduction to...

“I feel like you're parenting us parents,” I said to Heather Wells in this month’s episode of the podcast. Heather and I were talking...

​​ “The core role of a teacher is facilitating learning… but much of what teachers are expected to do is something other than teaching.”...

Last week we suggested changing our metaphor for schools: Instead of seeing schools as factories and students as products on a conveyor...

Ever wondered why our schools look the way they do? Why do children go to school in groups of others their own age? Why are days divided...

A friend is explaining his preferred way of eating gummies. He sorts them out by colour and (he insists) flavour and works his way from...

Wisdom says you can’t feel your way to good thoughts but you can think your way to good feelings. Let me illustrate. Imagine I have a...