The children are paying attention!

I had a lovely moment in the car with Ellie and Mark this evening.

Mark was complaining about someone at school. Ellie listened then said: 'Mark, Mark, I think she was a bully.'

Mark looked interested.

Ellie said: 'The thing is Mark, bullies only have power if you let them. So what you need to do is walk away. Then they don't have any power. I know because my teacher read me a story about it at recess.'

A bit later that evening, after we'd done many other things, I asked Mark what he thought about bullies and he said: 'Well if a bully is being a bully then you should walk away from them and then they don't have any power.'

They're only 7 and 5, but they really do listen and remember.