According to You Want to Do What? the criminal age of responsibility, or the age at which people must take responsibility for their crimes is ten in England and Wales, and eight in Scotland.
These ages are very young, especially when they are compared with other countries. For example in USA the age of criminal [...]

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I had a discussion with someone the other day on young vs older teachers.
Are older teachers better than younger teachers or vica versa?
We talked about the pros of having a younger teacher
They’re more ‘with it’
Seem cooler to the teenagers
Have just trained, so are more aware of new methods
Keen and enthusiastic as they are [...]

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21st Century Mummy tagged me. Here’s 8 facts about me….
1. Writing Lists
I am mildly obsessed with writing lists. Shopping lists, to do lists, master to do list, blogging to do list, you name it, I have a list for it.
2. I Collect Notebooks
And what would all obsessive list makers collect? [...]

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We took Erin to soft play today. We have deduced that Erin is more the quiet pursuits type when soft play failed to hit the spot but a magazine and crayons was met with whoops and wows!
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Ingenious Rose gave me an Inspirational Blogger Award for my efforts with the British Parent Bloggers Blog

The blog [...]

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Hey, Just wanted to take a few secs to introduce you to one of my great sponsors, Paula @ barefoot books. Here is what she has to say about barefoot books;
Barefoot Books are basically amazing books from a Bath-based publisher who felt that there was a gap in the market for children’s books with [...]

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I’m in the process of reading You Want to Do What? in preparation for a review, it’s throwing up a lot of great discussion points.
Where do you stand on clothing allowances?
The book suggests that fourteen or fifteen is a good age to begin sharing the responsibility of buying clothes. If you plan to give [...]

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As a parent, bestowed on you is a super-power, and no, I’m not talking about breastfeeding (joke) I’m talking about the power to make dreams come true.
In the heads of our little bambinos are hopes and dreams, these dreams transcend age, the dreams may vary, but the dreaming itself does not. The dream might [...]

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This post is very late due to the busy weekend I had, the script is, basically I probably did quite a bit of exercise, wii, the beach etc… however I didn’t note it down and I didn’t intentionally set aside time for exercise (tut, tut)
I’m going to skip this week and begin the next habit [...]

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Well, as the pictures show we had a lovely weekend. On Saturday we went to portobello for a walk, and then to north berwick, where we paddled and ate chips and ice cream (thankfully my eating healthy challenge has been moved to next week).

On Sunday my mum helped with doing more of the bathroom floor [...]

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The Problem
There’s a major problem in Britain today. Anti-social behaviour. And the teenagers are being blamed for a fair chunk of it.
Although I can’t find an excuse for the ASBO culture, after all I don’t think there were any more facilities when I was thirteen, I do wonder where our teenagers are supposed [...]

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