While dusting the other day, in true Mrs Beeton fashion, I came across my recent trophy for the NMT Award, "Most Influential Person in Early Years 2017".
I decided there and then that if I was to be so honoured I probably did need to think about what I could influence and what I would like to influence. The two are certainly not the same.
Early years, despite all the research about its benefits both economically and socially, has not quite reached the gilded and giddy heights of the establishment. We make the news when something goes wrong, politicians want to attract voters or the press want to give someone a hard time like the recent interview with Jeremy Corbyn on Women's Hour when he couldn't remember the overall cost of childcare to the taxpayer.
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