In Part 1, I wrote about the pause between impulse and response. the space where reflection, kindness, humour and freedom live. I argued that this

We tell ourselves that labels help children. Sometimes they do. A label can gather a confusing pattern into language. It can reduce blame. It can

You can see it in ordinary life. A child moves from breakfast to screen, from screen to school, from one task to another, rarely settling

What You Are Looking for Is Where You Are Looking From “She just has a short attention span.” “He’s impulsive.” “She’s anxious.” “That’s just how

A parent leaves a meeting with a new word for their child: ADHD. The relief is often immediate. At last, the behaviour has a name.

This is the first piece in a short series about childhood, attention, and what we may be getting wrong. Each part builds on the last.

The fact of diversity is descriptive.The claim that diversity is good is evaluative. Those are not the same claim. Yet somewhere along the way, we

A neuroscientist says free will doesn’t exist. A philosopher says it does. Both are persuasive. Both are serious. And both, in their own way, seem right.

It is late afternoon. You pick your child up from school, nursery, or a playdate. Someone tells you they were fine all day. Then, within

Sartre said that existence precedes essence. I would argue that the Heideggerian brain inherits predispositions, but in the Anthropocene, society increasingly shapes which essences are