Van Wilson

Prolific tweeter (now nearly 300 tweets!) since 2011 - views may not be my own! Selling nothing - but not buying either!

[Van Wilson @van737]

@g__j 39362 (after a few beers in Darlington tonight). Old enough to remember how to read a dial meter!

[Van Wilson @van737]

@dynarfeic @MartinSLewis Thanks. I'm at almost £10k at moment (£6k Chase and £3k M&S) and will need somewhere to move the Chase balance in September - transfer fees are around 3.5% at mo so need a 24+ month 0% period to make this worthwhile. Will then also look to take a new 0% purchase card.

[Van Wilson @van737]

@dynarfeic @MartinSLewis Do you just keep cycling around the same credit card providers at end of each term?

[Van Wilson @van737]

@1968Tv I was there. Broke my heart that day - I had enough programme tokens for a Wembley ticket if we had got there. Palace lost the semi final to Southampton - who we hammered a few weeks later 3-0 in the league.

[Van Wilson @van737]

@OctopusEnergy Hi, when are you advising of your new Octopus Flux rates that are changing on 1 July (next Tuesday) - not heard anything yet! Thanks

[Van Wilson @van737]

@alangrantham99 @wheeliedealer Starmer should not be judged by what has been - but by what he should be! Why is an already "wealthy" politician accepting expensive gifts from an even wealthier individual?

[Van Wilson @van737]

@DunkinWedd The fuel duty tax receipts for 23/24 are estimated to be around £24.8B - where do you think the Government are going to raise this amount from when petrol/diesel sales decline? I suspect at some point electricity used for EVs will be taxed at a similar rate as petrol/diesel.

[Van Wilson @van737]

@AmyEducating

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Your baby thrives on predictability. 

Specifically, yours. 

This week I’ve been talking about attachment, which holds long lasting consequences for your child’s mental and physical health (not to mention their cognitive development). 

Secure attachments in infancy occur when parents’ interactions with their babies are: 

Warm. 

Responsive.  

Safe. 

And consistently so. 

I’ve shared lots of important tips in the past. Tips on reading to your child. Tips on play. Tips on language development. 

But I want to be clear that attachment has nothing to do with the number of toys or books in your home. Or how well you interact most of the time. 

Attachment is a product of your predictability. It’s how you interact EVERY time. It’s what you teach your child to expect from you as their caregiver.

Inconsistency in the way adults interact with children - warm and responsive one day and potentially cold and distracted the next - is detrimental to secure attachment. When children don’t know what to expect from day to day, it creates anxiety. 

And this activates the body’s stress response systems. Continually. 

This is one reason that it’s so important for parents to thoughtfully manage their own stress, exhaustion, safety, and mental health needs. 

When you aren’t at your best for yourself, you likely won’t be at your best for your baby. 

As an aside, consistency is also why I’ve spoken out about viral social media trends that undermine trust and predictability by inserting chaotic behaviors into the parent-child relationship. 

Several months ago - if you can believe it - it was unexpectedly cracking open an egg on your child’s forehead. 

This week it seems to be throwing slices of American cheese at/onto your baby’s head/face. (I wish I was making this up.)

While it’s easy for us as to dismiss such behaviors as jokes, to young children they are detrimental for precisely the reason some adults may find them funny: they’re unexpected. 

But when your otherwise kind and attentive parent randomly acts with callousness - if even for a moment - it breaks a stable pattern. 

It provides a new data point that suggests you may be warm and caring… but also may not be dependably. And this is precisely what undermines attachment.

(The good news is that an otherwise stable attachment is unlikely to be permanently disrupted by one dumb mistake. We all make them. Still… don’t. Just don’t.) 

Be kind, be responsive, and do it predictably. 

I’ll never share the kind of videos I described above. In their place, enjoy this warm and secure interaction between storyoferica (IG) and her happy little one.

[Van Wilson @van737]

@AmyEducating

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

A short summary of my basic principles of behaviour management. Feel free to share to anyone who might find it useful.

[Van Wilson @van737]

@g__j Been with Octopus for 9 months now and are easily the best energy provider I've dealt with. Have changed tariffs twice and they've had a go a fixing my non communicative smart gas meter - which EDF failed to attempt in 9 months, Very prompt responses.

[Van Wilson @van737]

@HullTeslaModel3 @GBApollo Try both Topcashback and Quidco Compare. generally find these the cheapest - also £45 cashback from the quoted price.

[Van Wilson @van737]

@AmyEducating

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

PARENTS

Don’t give them a smartphone.

Do this with them instead. ❤️

[Van Wilson @van737]

@energystatsuk @MixergyLtd Good article. Also need to consider legionella requirements with regard to storage and distribution temperatures (inc. position of mixer valve(s)) - https://t.co/emK2nBMuPN

Advice used to be to achieve 65 degrees at least once a week - now appears to be 60 (at all times),

[Van Wilson @van737]

@OctopusEnergy I recently switched to @OctopusEnergy due to their innovative tariffs and their reputation for customer service. I can confirm their excellent customer service - sorted my requested tariff change in minutes this morning! Thanks to Hector and Amit! Thank you.

[Van Wilson @van737]

@BenHouchen @TeesAirport Misinformation

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@AmyEducating

[Tes magazine @tes]

‘We want early years practice to be taken seriously and given the status it deserves and, actually, having a robust evidence base is a crucial part of that,’ says @BeckyFrancis7 as the @EducEndowFoundn updates EYFS toolkit
https://t.co/Cgc2R7ghNk

[Van Wilson @van737]

@MartinSLewis Popular politician - that's an oxymoron!

[Van Wilson @van737]

@BeccaWils95 This might fit!

[Ben @Jamin2g]

LG don’t give a f**k about living costs.

https://t.co/CQDc2SYLXw

[Van Wilson @van737]

@AmyEducating

[Breaking News (Teesside) @BNTeesside]

Sozzled resident drags next door neighbour over fence after being asked to 'keep noise down' https://t.co/DFcMC2sD9W

[Van Wilson @van737]

@AmyEducating

[Tes magazine @tes]

Many key stage 1 children are still adjusting to life after lockdown – and it seems that Year 1s, in particular, are struggling with school. @KateParkerTes talks to experts about what teachers can do to support them
https://t.co/IiRE3dSkpM