How to cope when your child goes away to school
My son is a student at White Lodge, the Royal Ballet School's Lower School in London. We live in Cheshire. The time from his audition to him starting at White Lodge was just eight days, although we'd actually had nine months to prepare. Confused? Read more about how he…
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My son, the Ballet Boy
My son has always danced. My God, he danced in the womb. (This is true; when I was pregnant the doctors couldn't understand why I was losing so much weight. When they put my baby on a trace, they saw just how active he was. In 30 minutes he rested…
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“POTUS is a liar, son. But don’t let that worry you.”
The President of the United States is a liar. I've never lived through such times. All presidents, all politicians, lie. But this is unpresidented [sic]. Here's a list of the lies so far. If kids understand that people in positions of mighty power can lie - and lie epicly on…
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