Steve Biddulph gives tips for 'Happy Boys' at Latymer Upper School Child-care guru STEVE BIDDULPH, author of best selling books The Secret of Raising Happy Children and Happy Boys, started his UK lecture tour at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith on Thursday 24 April. The Australian family psychologist had been invited by Latymer Parents to talk to them and the ticketed meeting was fully subscribed. The charismatic speaker, described in The Daily Telegraph recently as �a cross between Billy Connolly and Dr Spock,� talked to parents about bringing up boys and their education. In his thought provoking address, Steve Biddulph delivered many nuggets of wisdom which plainly struck a chord with the audience. Much of what he said is summarised in his five key points concerning the interaction between fathers and sons:
This first event on Steve Biddulph�s lecture tour of the UK was oversubscribed many times over and was considered a huge success by all who attended. Interestingly
Latymer boys will soon be educated alongside girls as the school
moves to full co-education next year. This follows the success of
Latymer�s co-educational Sixth Form to which girls were admitted
in 1996 and where two out of three girls and boys expect to get
AAB or better at A Level and then go on to university. One in ten
go to Oxbridge. |