A few days later I read this from Rebecca Solnit: "To name something truly is to lay bare what may be brutal or corrupt - or important or possible - and key to the work of changing the world is changing the story… There are so many ways to tell a lie… language can erase, distort, point in the wrong direction, throw out decoys and distractions. It can bury the bodies or uncover them."
These women have inspired me to stop using language that points us in the wrong direction and distorts our debates about doing the best for children, young people and families. Here are three terms I intend to stop using from now.
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