HELICOPTER PARENTING

Overbearing and over involved parents are easily identified. They are often intervened on Radio 4 or contribute articles to this paper. We encounter them opining about the access they insist they have to their children's social media accounts, scrutinising their life, messages and contacts. At times, in the most worrying examples of coerced submission, the child lauds their parent's involvement. My wife and I have always believed in having a respectful relationship with our children, where we all talk often, and deeply, about every aspect of life, ensuring we are able to share the wisdom each of us has about life; but then we have left them to navigate the challenges, opportunities, perils and wonders of life for themselves. Our children are thriving.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/helicopter-parenting-is-bad-for-children-lhqpktgm7

I AM PROUD OF MY WRITING, FOR JESUS’S SAKE, THAT HAS HAD ME FOUND INNOCENT IN HEAVEN, BUT TWICE A CRIMINAL ON THE EARTH. THE FIRST IN 1990 WHEN I WROTE A BIBLICAL TEXT ON THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN PEACEFUL PROTEST ABOUT THE BOMBING OF YOUNG IRAQI RECRUITS DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR. THE SECOND, IN 2016 WHEN I WROTE ON MY BLOG, TO ALERT THE PUBLIC ABOUT A PAEDOPHILE, AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN FORCING THE AUTHORITIES TO STOP HIM HAVING ACCESS TO CHILDREN. THERE WAS ALMOST A THIRD! IN 1997, WHEN I WAS ARRESTED FOR NAILING MY PROPOSALS FOR REFORM OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ON THE DOOR OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. WORDS ARE POWERFUL MESSAGES THAT CHALLENGE  CORRUPTION, CONFRONT THE WICKED AND CREATE A BETTER WORLD. JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE CALLED  TO COMMUNICATE HIS WORDS,  IRRESPECTIVE OF THE COST.

http://bishopjonathanblake.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/press-release-concerning-met-police.html

"You brave, courageous and wonderful man. To stand up for the truth in the face of suppression and oppression is truly an act of a pure heart."