Monthly Archives: July 2011
Love Parks |
JCWU9KJKFK54 This week is Love Parks Week and I thought it would be a great idea for us all to share our park adventures to show how much we love our parks. Posts can be in the form of … Continue reading
Today on the blog I have a guest post by very lovely veteran blogger Bethan Townsend. Bethan is a talented writer, consummate twitterer and is the proud owner of a brand new blog aptly entitled The Pieces of Me. Imagine … Continue reading
I am very lucky to be able to offer the readers of ‘Young not Dumb’ a very exciting competition prize in honour of Love Parks Week. Micro-Scooters UK has very generously donated for one lucky reader a scooter of their … Continue reading
This week is Love Parks Week an awareness raising campaign to encourage us all to get from behind our computer desks and get our pasty skin and squinty eyes out into the sunshine and enjoy the wonder that is our local parks … Continue reading
In light of the tragedies that occurred in Norway and the death of Amy Winehouse this weekend; it seems appropriate to look at the issues surrounding childhood mental health. It is rather disturbing to think of children living with mental health … Continue reading
I would like to share with you today a very moving guest post written by a true mummy warrior Christina Bennett who is a campaigner for the premature baby charity Bliss and blogs as Mummy Beadzoid. I was 6 … Continue reading
It is a depressing indictment on our society that media mogul Murdoch is monopolising the news at a time when children are wasting-away and dying. The UN sadly declared yesterday that Lower Shabelle and areas of Bakool in southern Somalia are now … Continue reading
The drought in East Africa |
This post was previously published on The Life and Times of a Domestic Anarchist on the 6th July 2011. Within our country at the moment we are all feeling the effects of the austerity measures that are the consequence of the … Continue reading
What’s wrong with children’s rights? |
Children’s rights is an area of the politics of everyday life that is guaranteed to get people stretching their legs, clearing their throats and reaching for their soapbox. Regardless of whether you are a parent or not you’re likely to … Continue reading
Woo hoo, we’ve finally made it! If you’re reading this then welcome to ‘young not dumb’ and thanks for taking the time to come and visit us. Young not dumb has the aspiration of being a blog about children’s rights … Continue reading
