When I came to London 20 years ago, the city was breathtaking and very hard, if not impossible, to leave behind; not only for me but for many other people I came across. London was inclusive, diverse and somehow was able to seduce us all into thinking that life outside of this magnificent wasn’t worth…
Clever Girl
“What Being Successful Really Means”
Being successful means different things to different people. Not the same rules of success and accomplishments apply to everyone. In various industries, people perceive and measure success in a variety of ways. For most of my working life I thought that being successful in the film business was to be able to work in Hollywood,…
“The Advice I Would Give to My Younger Self”
Recently, I met a young photographer who asked me what advice I would give her now that could help her career. So, I have decided to tell her, very honestly, what I would have done differently about my career knowing what I know now: 1. You don’t need to know everything; nobody does. Not knowing…
“After 6 Months of Homeschooling, I Know That…”
1. Little M. made massive progress with his reading and writing. At the beginning of the year his reading age was five and now, after 6 months, it is seven. That is a huge improvement for a boy who felt stupid at school because he was falling behind and was let down by the people…
“I Cannot Keep Quiet Any Longer!!!”
It’s very likely that I’ve already written about smartphones, tablets, and kids spending gazillions of their childhood minutes glued to those devices. I feel very strongly about that subject and always have. I believe in the power of humongous negative influence all those “smart” devices have on kids and parents-children relationships. What kind of relationship…
“What Happened to the Community?”
Do you remember when, as children, we spent the whole day or an afternoon with the neighbours’ kids in their house: playing, eating, and doing whatever else children do? Nobody had to plan those spontaneous visit weeks in advance. You just turned up at the front door, and if your friend/s could come out and…
“Mind Games”
I bet we all played mind games in high school, just to get back at our mortal enemies, or to amuse our wondering minds, or possibly just to survive the jungle the high school is. When I was growing up, I had this romantic idea of being a grown up and behaving responsibly just like…
“Shining Bright”
While driving from one of my son’s classes (he is currently homeschooled) the Little M. decided to share with me how he felt while he was still at school. We tend to do that; all of a sudden he remembers something that happened ages ago and talks about is as if it had happened just…
“Parents – Teachers Dynamic”
Why Teachers Have Such Difficulties Hearing What the Parents Say? My son is in class 3 in one of London’s independent schools. The education we chose for him is intended to be much slower than the mainstream schooling system. The system, when implemented in the right way with loving and caring teacher, works beautifully…