I love this piece. As a teacher, and as a mother, I found this extremely thought-provoking. I haven’t really got my thoughts in order but I am going to watch Adolescence, which I have somehow missed.
I will say that I think the men in my family are all in touch with their feelings and I put that down to the excellent examples of my father and grandfather who were incredibly kind and loving people. My own son has never lost that sensitive edge; at twenty he is still comfortable to tell me that going back to uni sometimes makes him sad because he gets homesick and to have a cuddle on the sofa when he needs it. This is something for which I will be eternally grateful.
I love this piece. As a teacher, and as a mother, I found this extremely thought-provoking. I haven’t really got my thoughts in order but I am going to watch Adolescence, which I have somehow missed.
I will say that I think the men in my family are all in touch with their feelings and I put that down to the excellent examples of my father and grandfather who were incredibly kind and loving people. My own son has never lost that sensitive edge; at twenty he is still comfortable to tell me that going back to uni sometimes makes him sad because he gets homesick and to have a cuddle on the sofa when he needs it. This is something for which I will be eternally grateful.
It’s so thought-provoking that it made you question whether you weren’t sufficiently left wing! How challenging.
Well written, Rowan. I am a boy mom who found what you describe is spot on.
When are we going to admit to ourselves that co-education doesn't work? Girls' school, boys' school. Highly supervised club nights. That's the way.
That’s brave to say. I like it.