The story was about Lewisham headteacher Duncan Harper. He visits thehomes of pupils who are tired or grumpy in lessons and seizes electronicequipment from their bedroom.
Harper told the press: "We noticed some kids were coming to schoolexhausted. They were irritable, quick-tempered and very difficult." Sohe took their toys away.
The papers reported, without scepticism, the improvement in academicachievement.
There are no reports yet of children visiting the homes of overtired,irritable, stressed and difficult teachers and confiscating theiralcohol, espresso machines, computer games or DVD players and watchingout for an improvement in behaviour. We can only hope.
- Psychologist David Benton advises parents to be patient when gettingchildren to try new foods. Writing in the International Journal ofObesity he says the more a child is exposed to a food, the more likelythey are to try it. "It takes approximately 11 times for a child to trya new food, although it can be as many as nearly 90 times," says theProf.
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