It's all about relationship
Happy and resilient children are made, not born. We are social beings and the love, affection and consistency of our early caregivers is essential for our development. As I prepare for the arrival of my first grandchild in the spring, this fact is becoming increasingly important to me. My daughter will be one of many young mothers in the UK who are faced with the economic reality of needing to return to work to make ends meet. I love Britain and find it incredibly sad that I even considered the fact that my grandchild might become be a happier and healthier person if they lived in Scandinavia rather than England. And that is because as a country we are woefully poor at prioritising the wellbeing of children and families. There is an urgent need for this to change if we wish to nurture a happy, healthy society. Increasingly GDP is seen as a very limited measure of societal performance and one that is perpetuating many of the systems that are potentially harmful to