To 18 Years and beyond!!!!

13 years ago today as I walked up a foster carers path I could already hear my new son shouting 'new mummy here' and as the door ope...

Oh my word! The boy wonder has a part time job! Amazing! He found it himself! He's earning! He's managing to hold it down! I'm p...

I suddenly realised last night while enjoying the company (and a nice tea) of @meandminimees that I haven't written anything for a while...

Teenage years are a funny time. In theory they're a time where teenagers are learning the skills that will take them through to adulthoo...

And it's going to be that way for some years to come. All I can do is keep picking up the pieces and allow him to make some of his own m...

Last year I wrote a guest blog for Al Coates as he asked for what works in school. As a teacher I've spent lots of my time supporting ad...

So after all the worries about unwanted (and it was) contact and being NEET but enrolling at college things are looking up. It's not eas...