THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS NAUGHTY: Naughty grows up
Adult: We don’t call grown-ups naughty, do we?Child: We say they’re bad people who do bad things to people, such as burglars and people who hurt children or...
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THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS NAUGHTY: Believing in naughty is naughty
Adult: Why do you think grown-ups tell children they’re naughty and punish them?Child: So they won’t do something that they did again.They think the chi...
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS NAUGHTY: The boy who didn’t want to be alone
Child: There once was a little boy named Joe. He was three years old—nearly four, actually—so he thought he wasn’t a little boy anymore. In fact, he thought he ...
POEMS BY COLIN JAMES: Teaching Emergency Awareness, Disproving Infinity, A Comparison to the Particulate
Teaching Emergency Awareness
The smaller the room the better.
A medium-sized cardboard box will do.
Hand the equipment in to me
through a flap pulled down o...
ET IN ARCADIA EGO: A narrative poem about nature, adventure and tragedy by Andrew Hunter
It started with two smiles.
Backpacks zipped with metal clasps glistening
in the crisp winter air;
frosted fragrance on hard studded tires.With roadmaps ...
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS NAUGHTY: Does the naughty step really work?
Adult: Tell me anything you like about children who are naughty.Child: Well, when Lucy is naughty, her Mummy never smacks or spanks her. She only shouts at ...
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS NAUGHTY: The McDonald’s incident
Adult: Tell me, what happens when you’re naughty?Child: When I’m naughty, my Mum becomes very cross. Sometimes Mummy shouts and sometimes she smacks, an...
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS NAUGHTY: It’s just a concept we’ve made up
Adult: Did you know that there’s no such thing as naughty?Child: Well, that’s just not true. Everyone knows about naughty.Not quite everyone. There’s a ...
A CONVERSATION WITH SADNESS: In a secluded park, a valuable life lesson is learned
I had an interesting experience recently, to say the least. After running some errands, I decided to sit on a bench in a quiet, secluded park to relax and refle...