LET THEM FAIL

by | Jan 22, 2019 | Parents Articles

Late last year a video went viral which showed a father allegedly pushing his son to save a goal during an Under 8 soccer match in Wales. The father however claimed that his son came towards him as he could not hear what his father was saying and so he simply tried to...

SINGING THE RIGHT SONG

by | Jan 22, 2019 | ATS, BLOG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER

In the 1960s a number of singers recorded the popular song which contained the signature lines, “It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry if I want to. You would cry too if it happened to you”. If the reasoning is that because it was...

JUST ASK JOHNNY!

by | Jan 22, 2019 | ATS, BLOG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER

There is a story about a new teacher who stood in front of his class and (unwisely) asked the pupils, “Anyone who thinks he or she is stupid, please just stand up.” After a short while, Johnny looked around and stood up. The teacher turned to him and asked him, “Do...

TEACH THE CHILD

by | Jan 22, 2019 | ATS, BLOG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER

We are all familiar with the phrase, “Fake news!” as it has become the mantra of many people in recent times. Social media is full of such stories that are forwarded without being checked or validated but taken as truth. Interestingly, for hundreds of years, witnesses...