I think sometimes we rush through countries, ticking off the attractions, but that's missing the point.
Babies have much higher levels of stress in childcare.
I was the most Australian child ever in the world, even though my home was in Africa.
The fastest way to teach a child to read is to teach them to write.
My mother was a very difficult woman to please. She was the sort of woman who thought that if I were praised I would get above myself.
When I say to a parent, "read to a child", I don't want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate.