And here are some answers to the question we looked at last time -
what doesn't all this nursery and school provision give children?
Solitude. Every child needs to be content in its own company and able to amuse itself, and one of the things children learn from solitude is -
Imagination, because if everything is laid on for them why do they have to imagine anything for themselves?
The one to one attention of somebody with whom you have a mutual admiration thing, but at the same time,
Living in a home environment where everything is not child-sized and child-centred and the child takes its place in the real world
The chance to be odd, eccentric, and different and sort things out in your own way.
And today Tony and I went to a wonderful party in a lighthouse, yes, a real lighthouse on St Mary's Island. We got there just before the tide came in and were happily stranded for two hours. Can recommend. St Mary's Lighthouse, Whitley Bay, if you want to have a look.
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